Question

A survey of 898 U.S. VCR owners found that 16% had VCR clocks that were currently blinking “12:00.” (Source: Wirthlin Worldwide) The population is the 898 owners. true or false

Answer 1

This is false. 898 owners are sample.

Explanation:

Given condition is -

A survey of 898 U.S. VCR owners found that 16% had VCR clocks that were currently blinking “12:00.”

Now, population is defined as the collection of all outcomes, responses and counts that are of interest in the survey.

Here, we can define the following:

Population: U.S. adult VCR owners

Sample: 898 owners

Answer 2

In this case scenario, the population and sample would be:

Population : Collection of all US adult who own VCR

Sample : Collection 898 US adult who own VCR

Therefore the answer to this is “False”

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