A selection taken from a larger group (the "population") that will, hopefully, let you find out things about the larger group.
Samples should be chosen randomly.
Example: you ask 100 randomly chosen people at a football match what their main job is. Your sample is the 100, while the population is all the people at that match.
Samples should be chosen randomly.
Example: you ask 100 randomly chosen people at a football match what their main job is. Your sample is the 100, while the population is all the people at that match.
See: Population