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What should be called a population when students measure
gravitational acceleration? Each set of five results can
be called a sample. Students try to estimate the true g in
their location. Is this their "population" ? If not then
what is the population? Why do we need the concept of
population when true values, or differences between true
values, are measured with instruments of limited precision?
Individuals can be considered as parts of instruments.