Question

1. Mrs. Zimmerman is interested in learning about how much time seventh grade students at our school spend outdoors on a typical school day.

Select all the samples that are a part of the population. Justify your reasoning.


. The 20 students in a seventh grade math class.
B. The first 20 students to arrive at school on a particular day.
C. The seventh grade students participating in a science fair put on by the four middle schools in a school district.
D. The 10 seventh graders on the school soccer team.
E. The students on the school debate team.

Answer 1

A, c, D

Explanation:

A) we can sample these 7th graders as we are looking to study 7th graders.

b) The first 20 students could be from any grade and so this option wouldn't work.

c) Involves 7th graders.

d) involves 7th graders

E) The students could be any grade level on the debate team so, this option wouldn't work.