Question

Great Gummies wants to see if their new candy is enjoyed more by high school or middle school students. They decide to visit one middle school and one high school in Hollywood, CA. After interviewing the students at each school, they determine that middle school students like their candy more than the high school students do. What is the sample of the population?

A) All students who attend middle school or high school in the country
B)All students who attend middle school or high school in Hollywood, CA
C)All students who attend middle school or high school in California
D)All students who attend one middle school and one high school in Hollywood, CA

Answer 1

I would say D because you can not have a sample size of every student in a city, state, or country

Answer 2

The correct option is D.
Population sampling is the act of taking a sample of subjects, which are representative of an entire population. Population sampling has to be done because it is always impossible to test all the members of a population. In the question given above, we are told that Great Gummies went to two schools located at Hollywood, California. These two schools represent the sample of the population of high school and middle school students.