AQA GCSE Statistics · 8382
Specification 3.1.3, 3.2.9 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Mitigating Investigation IssuesThe target population is the complete set of people, objects or events about which you want to draw conclusions. A sample is the subset from which you actually collect data. These are not necessarily the same: collecting answers from a few students does not mean the population is just those students.
- Revise: Defining Populations
The precisely defined whole group that a statistical investigation aims to draw conclusions about.