FAQ: Learn Sample Size Determination with SciPy - Population Size

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This community-built FAQ covers the “Population Size” exercise from the lesson “Learn Sample Size Determination with SciPy”.

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Data Science
Analyze Data with Python

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How come the population size is 10000 for the first task in population size section in sample size determination ??

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“the real population size is closer to 8 billion (or infinity, really, if we think about the number of humans who could eventually exist and have vegetable preferences). So, for experiments like this, we use the highest population size we can. Normally, 100,000 will suffice, as changes become negligible beyond that.”

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Isn’t this different, since the absolute maximum number of people who could cancel would be the total number of people subscribed to the service? (that number is not provided).

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You are correct. The lesson does not describe the customer base. It is arbitrary to simply say the customer base is the world’s population.