Political inclinations don't always seem to have motivated the sample population in attributing characteristics that lead to a match.
As in other states, the Latino population in Texas is younger, poorer and less educated than the general population: all these characteristics correlate well with low turnout.
It is based on a piece of evolutionary theory called the founder effect, which shows how the isolation of small populations from larger ones can accelerate evolutionary change, because a small population's average characteristics are likely to differ from those of the larger group from which it is drawn.
Liu Zhi, director of the municipal commission for population and family planning, told China Daily on Saturday that the city plans to start extensive research into the characteristics of the urban population.
As part of the CNN iReport cultural census, which examines some of the more intangible characteristics that define the American population, we asked people around the country to read a standard passage aloud so we could evaluate their regional accent.
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To our knowledge, no published information is available on how their characteristics may differ from the general population of children with autistic spectrum disorders.
One of the characteristics of a city poised for a comeback is a population that was booming before tough economic times made relocating difficult for most Americans.
Although people in every population come in all shapes and sizes, body types and physiological characteristics follow a Gaussian distribution curve as a result of evolutionary adaptations by our ancestors to extremely varied environmental challenges.
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Although sampling can also lead to errors if, for instance, the characteristics of the sample group differ from those of the population from which the sample is drawn the errors will be smaller and can be measured more precisely.
The latest statistics offer a more detailed snapshot of the population in 2011 and a new level of geographical detail relating to the characteristics of those living in England and Wales.
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