Timeline for Does it make sense to compute confidence intervals and to test hypotheses when data from whole population is available?
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| Aug 1, 2019 at 23:22 | comment | added | RobertF | I think whether or not you calculate confidence intervals for a population statistic depends on if you want to make inferences on the actual population or for the hypothetical "super population". In a past job with a state health dept we reported annual statistics like very low birth weight percentages and suicide rates that bounced around from year to year. Yes, we were reporting on the whole population, yet it would be silly to hinge the State's health progress (and funding!) on every increase or decrease in these and other health indicators as a complete shift in the population's health. | |
| Sep 1, 2013 at 11:54 | history | answered | Peter Flom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |