Sampled Populations and Target Populations• The sample population is the population from whichone actually draws a sample.• The target population is the population about whichone wishes to make an infinite.– These two populations may or may not be the same.– Statistical inference procedures allow one to makeinferences about sampled populations.– Only when the target population and the sampledpopulation are the same is it possible for one to usestatistical inference procedures to reach conclusions aboutthe target population