Imagine you purchase a package of M&M's and you count the number of candies by color. Now imagine you have access to information on the color distribution of all M&M candies produced in the United States. You can think of your M&M package as a sample and all the M&M candies produced in the US -- as a population. Why might the color distribution of candies in your package (sample of candies) differ from the color distribution of all M&M candies produced in the US (population of candies)? Provide a response in 50-100 words.

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
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Imagine you purchase a package of M&M's and you count the number of candies by color. Now imagine you have access to information on the color distribution of all M&M candies produced in the United States. You can think of your M&M package as a sample and all the M&M candies produced in the US -- as a population. Why might the color distribution of candies in your package (sample of candies) differ from the color distribution of all M&M candies produced in the US (population of candies)? Provide a response in 50-100 words. 

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