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The same basic formula is used to calculate the sample or population mean. The sample mean is x bar and the population mean is mu. Add all the values in the sample or population and divide by the number of data values.
sample size refers to the collection of data by only a selected size of te population through the process of sample surveys and sampling methods used in collecting data.
The sample is a subset of the population. For example, the population may be all the people at your school. A sample might be 5 people from each class. There are different types of sampling methods. The most commonly used is a simple random sample. When your obtain data from the entire population this is called a census.
Inferential statistics.
A group of data is a sample.