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In [[statistics]], a '''proportion''' is "a [[probability]] - as a measure of the | In [[statistics]], a '''proportion''' is "a [[probability]] - as a measure of the chance that a specified event happens to, or that a specific characteristic is possessed by, a typical member of a population...the terms [[probability]], relative frequency, and proportion are used synonymously."<ref name="isbn0471526290p1">{{cite book |author=Fleiss, Joseph L.; Levin, Bruce R. ;Cho Paik, Myunghee; |title=Statistical methods for rates and proportions |publisher=J. Wiley-Interscience |location=Hoboken, NJ |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=0-471-52629-0 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
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In statistics, a proportion is "a probability - as a measure of the chance that a specified event happens to, or that a specific characteristic is possessed by, a typical member of a population...the terms probability, relative frequency, and proportion are used synonymously."[1]
References
- ↑ Fleiss, Joseph L.; Levin, Bruce R. ;Cho Paik, Myunghee; (2003). Statistical methods for rates and proportions. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley-Interscience. ISBN 0-471-52629-0.