a friend of yours, who is not taking statistics, wonders why it is that anyone would choose to take a sample. "Obviously", she says, "you would get better information from a census." In a short paragraph, explain why it is that statisticians take samples rather that taking census.

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anonymous · Answer

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agent0smith · Answer

Time, money, time again (time to collect first, then time to process data).

agent0smith · Answer

And a large enough random sample can still give good information about a population.