Edexcel S2 2005 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2005
SessionJanuary
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeSampling frames and populations

2. (a) Explain what you understand by (i) a population and (ii) a sampling frame. The population and the sampling frame may not be the same.
(b) Explain why this might be the case.
(c) Give an example, justifying your choices, to illustrate when you might use
  1. a census,
  2. a sample.