Question

1. An AP Statistics class starts a project to estimate the average number of hours a student at their high school sleeps per night. Their high school has 1200 students, and they take a sample of the first 120 students that arrive at school on a particular day. They ask each of the 120 students how many hours of sleep they got the night before and then calculate an average. Which of the following statements is an accurate description of the elements of this survey?

Answer 1

(C) Sample: the 120 students surveyed. Population: the 1200 students at the high school. Parameter of interest: the average number of hours a student at this high school sleeps per night.

Explanation:

The correct answer is (C). The sample is a subset of the population, and the parameter is a characteristic of the population of interest.