3. Sources of data > 3.2 Generating your own data > 3.2.2. Generating data from observations
v. Using samples
From a sample you can generate what we call a statistic, i.e. a measurement on the sample. A sample can tell us something about a population.
Figure 2 - The relationship between sample, population and statistics
A statistic, such as the mean or the standard deviation for the sample, allows us to make inferences about the mean or standard deviation for the population.
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