Population
The totality of items or units of material under consideration. The word items may be interpreted in the sense of measurements, or possible measurements, of a single characteristic, or occasionally for multiple characteristics, on all items or units of material being considered. The word totality may refer to items not available for inclusion in samples as well as those which are available.
Committee
Trace Materials
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ASTM E456-13A(2017)E1 Standard Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2017.
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