Question

The principal of a high school wanted to estimate the proportion of students that believe the school grounds are properly maintained. A group of 100 fans at the last football game were asked to rate their approval of the school grounds on a scale from 1 to 10. Which of the following correctly describes the population and sample for this survey?a. The population is the group of 100 football fans and the sample is all students at the school.b. The population is all students at the school and the sample is the 100 football fans that were surveyed.c. The population is all football fans at the game and the sample is the 100 fans that were surveyed.d. The population all students at the school and the sample is all fans at the football game.

Answer 1

The population is represented by the community that is going to be evaluated

in this case, it is the students of the school.

The sample is the proportion of the population that you are going to submit under a test, in this case the 100 fans surveyed.

the correct answer option should be b.