A-level · Statistical sampling

Populations, samples and the large data setExam-style questions

What a population, a census and a sample actually are; the sampling units and the sampling frame; why you would sample rather than take a census (and when a census is impossible); and how a sample can be unrepresentative — including the trap of combining overlapping samples.

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7 questions · A-level level · mark scheme and worked solution on each · no sign-up to try

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  1. 1
    Explain the difference between a population and a sample.
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  2. 2
    State one advantage and one disadvantage of taking a census rather than a sample.
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