母ぼ集しゅう団だん

noun

population; universe; parent set

Technical term in statistics and mathematics referring to the entire set of items or individuals from which a sample is drawn. Not used for biological populations or general groups of people.

• この調ちょう査さでは、全ぜん国こくの成せい人じんを母ぼ集しゅう団だんとしている。

  In this survey, the population is all adults nationwide.

• 母ぼ集しゅう団だんから無む作さく為いに標ひょう本ほんを抽ちゅう出しゅつする。

  We randomly select a sample from the population.