people
Webster Dictionary
persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population. or part of population. as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity
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sampling
(sample distribution, sample, sampling)
Princeton's WordNet
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
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sample
(sample distribution, sample, sampling)
Princeton's WordNet
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
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sample distribution
(sample distribution, sample, sampling)
Princeton's WordNet
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
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apportionment
(əˈpɔr ʃən mənt, əˈpoʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S.
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r*
(ɑr)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the intrinsic rate of increase of a population. equivalent to the difference between the birth and death rates divided by the number of individuals in the population.
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subpopulation
(subpopulation)
Princeton's WordNet
a population that is part of a larger population
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law of large numbers
(Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers)
Princeton's WordNet
(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics
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natality
(birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality)
Princeton's WordNet
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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fertility
(birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality)
Princeton's WordNet
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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birthrate
(birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality)
Princeton's WordNet
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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birth rate
(birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality)
Princeton's WordNet
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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bernoulli's law
(Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers)
Princeton's WordNet
(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics
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fertility rate
(birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality)
Princeton's WordNet
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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malthusian
(ælˈθu ʒən, -zi ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to the theories of Malthus, which state that population increases faster than the means of subsistence unless war, famine, or disease intervenes or efforts are made to limit population.
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mortality
Webster Dictionary
the whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population. or to a specific number of the population. death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming
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crime rate
(crime rate)
Princeton's WordNet
the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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inhabitation
Webster Dictionary
population. inhabitants
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depopulacy
Webster Dictionary
depopulation; destruction of population
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impeople
Webster Dictionary
to people; to give a population to
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repopulation
Webster Dictionary
the act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew
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criminology
Webster Dictionary
a treatise on crime or the criminal population
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sparseness
Webster Dictionary
the quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population
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urban
Webster Dictionary
of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population
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malthusianism
Webster Dictionary
the system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population
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fractional
Webster Dictionary
relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population
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felonry
Webster Dictionary
a body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony
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sparse
Webster Dictionary
thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population
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concentrate
Webster Dictionary
to approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities
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plant
Webster Dictionary
to furnish with a fixed and organized population. to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony
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