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

A. Her error was that she thought that they were surveying the whole town so 900 would be the sample.

B. The actual sample is 45.

Explanation:

The actual sample is 45 because 45 people out of the 900 visitors (population) were surveyed.