From a sample of a population, the properties of the population can be inferred.
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The relations depend on what measures. The sample mean is an unbiased estimate for the population mean, with maximum likelihood. The sample maximum is a lower bound for the population maximum.
A representative sample is a randomly selected subset of the population.
A sample of a population is a subset of the population. The average of the population is a statistical measure for some variable of the population.
A sample is any subset of the total population. A representative sample is one that is chosen so that its characteristics are similar to that of the population.
What is the difference between the population and sample regression functions? Is this a distinction without difference?