母集団 (ぼしゅうだん) uses standard On'yomi for "parent," "gather," and "group." Misreadings such as ぼうしゅうだん (for 母) or ぼじゅうだん (for 集) use incorrect On'yomi variants. In statistics, it refers to the entire group or population from which a sample is drawn for study.

母集団 (ぼしゅうだん) は全ての漢字が音読みです。母を「ぼう」、集を「じゅう」と読む誤りが見られます。統計学において、調査対象となる全ての要素からなる集合体を指します。