Question

A plastics company has 75 employees. Management wants to gather data about working conditions. A random sample of 30 employees was selected to receive an anonymous survey. Of those selected, 22 completed the survey. In this scenario, the population is . In this scenario, the sample is .

Answer 1

1. 75 employees

2. 22 employees

Explanation:

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Answer 2

22 completed surveys

Explanation:

In the scenario described above, the sample to be used is the information given by the 22 completed surveys. This is because, the remaining 8 initial samples give no information regarding the working condition of employees. Hence, this data points are the null points and may have to be removed from the data.

Therefore, the sample in the scenario described above are the 22 completed surveys from the initial 20 samples selected.