What is the purpose of finding a sample mean or sample

Last updated: 7/4/2022

What is the purpose of finding a sample mean or sample proportion? The only way to get a good estimate of the population mean or proportion is to take small sample sizes and create a sampling distribution. There is no purpose because you should always find the population mean or proportion. Estimates are not accurate. The purpose is to estimate the population mean or proportion. The purpose is to show what one part of the population mean or proportion looks like.