I am trying to figure out how to calculate how many samples of a population I would need to take in order to get a true representation of the total population. For example, say I have a population of balls made up of 10 colors and each color is equal to 10% of the total population. How many balls at random would need to be drawn from a container containing the 'population' of balls to obtain a good representation of the total population (ie at a 90% confidence interval or 95% confidence interval)? Hopefully that makes some sense. I know it's probably not too difficult of a problem, but my stats background is pretty weak. Thanks for any help.
edit - After thinking a little more, the total population size is probably important. For the above, lets assume there are 1000 balls that make up the population in the container.
edit - After thinking a little more, the total population size is probably important. For the above, lets assume there are 1000 balls that make up the population in the container.
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