Question

1.20 Baking bread A flour company wants to know what fraction of Minneapo-lis households bake some or all of their own bread. A sample of 500 residentialaddresses is taken, and interviewers are sent to those addresses. All of the inter-views take place during regular working hours on weekdays.(a) What population is the flour company interested in? What is the sample?you think this sample will provide accurate information to the flour com-pany? Why or why not?(b) Do

Answer 1

See explanation above

Step-by-step explanation:

a) First we define the terms to enable us answer the question.

Population: This is the total number of persons we want to get information from.

The population the flour company is interested in is all Minneapolis households.

Sample: This is the segment of the population we generate the information.

The sample is the household with 500 residential address of people that were at home during regular work hours on weekdays.

No, I don't think the sample will provide accurate information to the flour company.

Reason: There are 500 residential address which include those who work during regular working hours and those who don't. Taking information from those who are at home alone is not accurate.

Those at home will have more time to bake their bread compared to those working during regular hours.