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The document discusses populations and statistics, including how statisticians collect data through surveys and experiments when census data is unavailable. It also discusses the differences between experimental and observational studies.

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Statistics

The document discusses populations and statistics, including how statisticians collect data through surveys and experiments when census data is unavailable. It also discusses the differences between experimental and observational studies.

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Harshitha Ramesh
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population or a statistical model to be studied.

Populations can be diverse groups of people or objects such as "all


people living in a country" or "every atom composing a crystal". Statistics deals with every aspect of data, including
the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments.[4]

When census data cannot be collected, statisticians collect data by developing specific experiment designs and survey
samples. Representative sampling assures that inferences and conclusions can reasonably extend from the sample to
the population as a whole. An experimental study involves taking measurements of the system under study,
manipulating the system, and then taking additional measurements using the same procedure to determine if the
manipulation has modified the values of the measurements. In contrast, an observational study does not involve
experimental manipulation.
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