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Population: In any Statistical Analysis we are interested in some numerical characteristic of an aggregate of individuals rather than in the characteristics of the individuals themselves. Such an aggregate is called a “population” or “universe”.
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Chattopadhyay, T., and A.K. Chattopadhyay. 2006. Astronomical Journal 131:2452.
Chattopadhyay, T., and A.K. Chattopadhyay. 2007. Astronomy and Astrophysics 472:131.
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Chattopadhyay, A.K., Chattopadhyay, T. (2014). Statistical Inference. In: Statistical Methods for Astronomical Data Analysis. Springer Series in Astrostatistics, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1507-1_4
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