Abstract
Assume a finite universe U = {U1, U2, ..., UN} of N units. In different applications, terms other than universe are used such as population, lot, or urn. For example, many use population only when the units are humans; lot suggests quality problems related to sampling inspection; and urn makes one think of balls and marbles. We assume that the terms have the same meaning and have elected to use universe throughout. Any characteristic of a given universe is called a parameter. Frequently each unit of the universe can be identified as either having a particular attribute or not having the attribute—sometimes described by terminology such as defective or nondefective, success or failure, etc. In such cases, two parameters of interest are:
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the universe number, denoted by A, which is the number of units in the universe with the particular attribute; and
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the universe proportion, denoted by P, which is the proportion of units in the universe with the particular attribute.
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Wright, T. (1991). Introduction. In: Exact Confidence Bounds when Sampling from Small Finite Universes. Lecture Notes in Statistics, vol 66. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3140-0_1
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