Question

A group of students surveys 100 students from their freshman class to determine the number of pets in each student's household. The group plans to compute statistical findings on their data and generalize these findings to the homes of all freshmen students. Should the group consider their data to be a population data set or a sample data set?

Answer 1

The answer is Sample Data Set.
Why: The group would discover their data to be a sample data set as they aim to generalize their discoveries. (The numbers of pets in the house would imply that the data will be used to represent a larger population)