Question

Students are voting on the color of T-shirts to wear on their field trip. There are 160 students–65 boys and 95 girls–going on the field trip. A random sample of students is chosen. Surveying the random sample produced a representative sample of the population. Which was most likely true of the representative sample?

The representative sample contained all 160 students.
The representative sample contained more boys than girls.
The representative sample contained more girls than boys.
The representative sample contained an equal number of boys and girls.

Answer 1

The representative sample contained more girls than boys.

Explanation:

Since there is roughly 1.5x more girls than boys, the sample size will likely contain more girls than boys when chosen at random.