Question

The language arts teacher wants to know whether the students in the entire school prefer a debate or an speech. The teacher draws a random sample from the following groups: All teachers in the school All boys in each grade All students in the speech club All students in each grade Which group best represents the population she should take a random sample from to get the best results for her survey? (5 points) a All teachers in the school b All boys in each grade c All students in the speech club d All students in each grade

Answer 1

D, all the students in each grade

Explanation:

Since the teacher wants to find out the opinion of the the entire school, they should take a random sample from each grade because it is representative of the population they want to sample. If it was just boys, it would exclude the girls, and vice versa for the girls. The teachers aren’t part of the population the teacher wants to survey, so the teacher shouldn’t survey them. Thus, that leaves the random sample from each grade.