Re: Proposal for representing Aggregate Statistical Data

On 28/06/2019 03:22, Michael Andrews wrote:
> The naming of a type as StatisticalPopulation makes sense when talking 
> about people (or possibly other living things) with respect to a 
> location -- the focus of DataCommons.org. There are of course many 
> other kinds of statistical data not focused on human characteristics 
> that in the public domain, relating to manufacturing production, air 
> quality, road haulage, etc.  When reporting about non-living 
> phenomenon, the term StatisticalPopulation doesn't sound right.

Hello Michael,

The term Statistical Population is used in statistics for any group, or 
notional group, on which measurements are made or from which a sample is 
drawn so that measurements can be made, see 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_population

Phil


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