FAQ: The Data Science Process - Determine the Necessary Data

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Population size: 418
Sample size: 357

How does the sample size go from 132 → 357 → 381
When the population change goes from 200 → 5,000 → 50,000?
This doesn’t make any sense to me.
I would assume a much larger increase relative to population size.

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hi
the population size in the first que can be 414 to 418, this result is showed by the calculator in this question

Answers:

  1. Population Size: Between 414 and 418 - If Sample Size is 200.
  2. If population size is 5 000 then Sample Size is 357.
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