In statistics, a population is a set of similar items or events which is of interest for some question or experiment and a sample is a set of data collected from a population by a defined procedure. In the following examples of statistical studies, identify the population of interest and the sample and provide the sample size. i. An employee at the local ice cream parlor asks six customers if they like mint ice cream. o Population: Select an answer o Sample size: ii. A sample of three thousand randomly selected adults were asked whether they drink at least 42 oz of water each day and only 31% said 'yes'. o Population: Select an answer o Sample size: iii. In a poll of four hundred randomly selected college students, 61% answered "yes" when asked "Do you have a television in your dorm room?" o Population: Select an answer o Sample size:

In statistics, a population is a set of similar items or events which is of interest for some question or experiment and a sample is a set of data collected from a population by a defined procedure. In the following examples of statistical studies, identify the population of interest and the sample and provide the sample size. i. An employee at the local ice cream parlor asks six customers if they like mint ice cream. o Population: Select an answer o Sample size: ii. A sample of three thousand randomly selected adults were asked whether they drink at least 42 oz of water each day and only 31% said 'yes'. o Population: Select an answer o Sample size: iii. In a poll of four hundred randomly selected college students, 61% answered "yes" when asked "Do you have a television in your dorm room?" o Population: Select an answer o Sample size:

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8CR

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