Definition:Sample/Size
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Definition
The size of a sample is the number of elements it has.
Thus a sample containing $n$ observations is a sample of size $n$.
Also see
- Results about samples can be found here.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): sample
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): size: 2. (of a sample)