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This chapter looks at two interlinked areas of statistics using the bucket and ball metaphor introduced in Chapter 1: the meaning, origin and use of ‘probabilities’; and ‘sampling’ — the process of basing probabilities, and other statistics, on a small sample rather than everything of interest. The best samples are generally ‘random samples’, chosen so that each individual has the same probability of being selected.
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Wood, M. (2003). Probability, Samples, Buckets and Balls. In: Making Sense of Statistics. Study Guides. Red Globe Press, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80278-0_2
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