Statistical sampling apparatus

A statistical sampling apparatus comprising:

• a box-like enclosure having a top, a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls, said top being transparent;
• a stationary ledge disposed between the top and the bottom and extending between the side walls and from the rear wall towards the front wall, a front edge of said ledge being spaced from the front wall to define a passageway connecting the volume underneath the ledge with the volume above the ledge,
• an upper surface of said ledge having a plurality of identical recesses formed in a regular array,
• said array of recesses being sub-divided into smaller arrays of recesses with the smaller arrays being distinguishable from each other by color;
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• a plurality of groups of identical objects disposed within the enclosure and each adapted to be received in any one of said recesses, the number of objects being greater than the number of recesses, each group being visually distinguishable from every other group.