2. Sampling distribution of proportion
his sampling distribution focuses on proportions in a population. You select samples and calculate their proportions.
The means of the sample proportions from each group represent the proportion of the entire population
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The probability of an event based on data from a small group within a large population. Its primary purpose is to establish representative results of small samples of a comparatively larger population.
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