Question

When studying the population of flying squirrels, only a sample of flying squirrels population was measured. Why would just a sample be measured? Explain how this sample can be used to make an inference about the entire population of flying squirrels.

Answer 1

Answer:

When studying a random sample of the population, you are studying one of many (generally the same) flying squirrels that live. This small selection represents the whole population, (because as said before, they are generally the same). In this way, you can assume that the small section that you picked is going to represent the entire flying squirrel population.