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What is significant and insignificant of a numerical statistic is dependent on the sample/population ratio.
population is the number of citizens living in a defined geographical area. Sample is a number taken from the population being the sample to research for a topic about the populations' behavior or habit, etc.
The popo ulation in the people/items you have collected data from. if you are sampling, the its the population of which you select your sample from
The sample mean helps researchers maintain the scope of their research. If the sample mean is too far from the mean of the population then the numbers may be skewed.