Question

What is the purpose of a pilot​ sample?

a. To help clarify how the sampling process will be performed.
b. To provide an idea of what the population standard deviation might be.
c. To save time and money instead of having to carry out a full sampling plan.
d. To provide a better idea of what the population mean will be.

Answer 1

b. To provide an idea of what the population standard deviation might be

Explanation:

Pilot sample can be regarded as the

small scale preliminary experiment whereby a smaller size of samples which is smaller compare to expected size is taken population of interest which gives the estimate for the population standard deviation.

The population standard mean is a parameter and it's been calculated from every entity of the population and

can be calculated using below formula

σ =√Σ (xi -μ)^2 /N

Where N= size of the population

σ= population standard mean

μ= population mean

Xi=each sample from the population