Alphabetical
population
[noun]
In biology, the population is all individuals of a certain kind of plant or animal that live in a particular habitat. In statistics, a population is the complete set of possible observations that can be made. For example, if a scientist is studying the beak sizes of finches in the Galapagos Islands, the population is the beak sizes of all of the finches in the Galapagos. If a scientist is studying the age distribution in Brazil, then the population is the set of ages of all the people living in Brazil. Contrast with subsample.
Appears in modules:
- Adaptation The case of penguins
- Animal Behavior Causes and approaches to studying behavior
- Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
- Carlos J. Finlay Eradicating yellow fever
- Charles Darwin II Natural selection
- Charles Darwin III Descent with modification
- Data Analysis and Interpretation Revealing and explaining trends
- Description in Scientific Research Observations and multiple working hypotheses
- Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
- DNA III The replication of DNA
- Ecosystem Services Categories and valuation
- Experimentation in Scientific Research Variables and controls in practice
- Exponential Equations I Growth and decay
- Exponential Equations II The constant e and limits to growth
- Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
- Introduction to Descriptive Statistics Using mean, median, and standard deviation
- Introduction to Inferential Statistics Describing patterns and relationships in datasets
- Johnson Cerda Promoting Indigenous perspectives in environmental management
- Linear Equations Relationships with two variables
- Modeling in Scientific Research Simplifying a system to make predictions
- Natural Hazards and Risk Where Earth processes and society intersect
- Paleontology and the Fossil Record Reading the clues
- Population Genetics Hardy-Weinberg and genetic drift
- Scientists and the Scientific Community The experiences that shape scientists
- Statistical Techniques Constructing a confidence interval
- Statistics in Science Origins of descriptive and inferential statistics
- Stoichiometry The proportional nature of chemical reactions
- Substances Pure substances and mixtures
- Taxonomy II Nomenclature
- The Nitrogen Cycle Of microbes and men
- Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
- Tracking Endangered Jaguars across the Border The work of Sergio Avila
- Tracking Human Ancestry The Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
- Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence Characterizing natural variability and human error
- Uncovering the Mysteries of Chronic Mountain Sickness The work of Fabiola Léon-Velarde
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