Question

Matilda recently took a statistics quiz in her math class. in one question, 45 of 900 visitors at a local craft show were surveyed about the cost of admission to the show. Matilda incorrectly stated that the sample in this situation was represented by 900 visitors at the craft show.

a. what is Matilda's error?

b. what is the actual sample?

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

a. what is Matilda's error?

The error by Maltida was that she mistakenly thought the population was the sample size. In this case, the 900 visitors aren't the sample but the population.

The population is referred Tina's the entire pool where the sample is picked by the researcher.

b. what is the actual sample

The actual sample is 45. The sample is the smaller version which can be gotten from the entire population. It is a subset from the population of 900 visitors. Therefore, based on the question, it is 45.