Question

Suppose you want to know whether the eighth-grade music students at a school spend more time practicing their instruments or playing computer games. Explain how you would get a representative sample from the population. Write three to four sentences.

Answer 1

sample response: Get a list of all the music students in the eighth grade. Randomly select enough students to get a sample from the population. Ensure that the selection is completely random so the sample is not biased.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Acquiring a list of all the names of eighth-grade music students (the population).

Selecting some of the eighth-grade music students at random.

Selecting enough students to get a good sample for the population, but not every student.

Making sure the selection of students is completely random to get valid results and avoid a biased sample.

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