<p>Your point is well taken. However, there are also lots of questions which seek to ask for an explanation that can be understood by a person without statistical training. See <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/269/what-is-the-difference-between-a-population-and-a-sample">this</a> question that seeks to find the difference between a population and a sample. Clearly, this question is as elementary as it can get in the field of statistics. I think the tag 'beginner' or some such equivalent will give people who want to understand the basics a means to search for questions that may be of some help to them.</p>

<p>Is a tag like 'intro-statistics' better?</p>
