Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. It is practical to survey the entire population of a city.
2. The population is the entire set of subjects of interest in any study, and a sample is a portion or subset of the population.
3. Statistical inference is about drawing conclusions about a population from sample data.
4. The best way to draw a sample is randomly—each subject should have an equal chance of being selected as part of your sample.
5. We use population parameters to estimate unknown sample statistics.


1.false
2.true
3.true
4.true
5.false

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