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Chapter 11: Q.11.2 (page 459)

Why is statistical inference generally used to obtain information about a population proportion?

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It is quite difficult to obtain information on a population proportion by examining all of the population's individuals so we sample the population by taking a group of people that are representative of the entire population.

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We need to find that to obtain information about a population proportion why generally use statistical inference

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Explanation

It is quite difficult to obtain information on a population proportion by examining all of the population's individuals. Taking a census of a big population is often impractical or impossible.

As a result, sampling is carried out. We sample the population by taking a group of people that are representative of the entire population.

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