Practice - Population and Sample
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Practice Questions
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Define population in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about the entire class vs just a few students.
What is a sample?
💡 Hint: Think of a recipe: you can taste a little to judge the whole dish.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What defines a population in statistics?
💡 Hint: Look for the term that means totality.
True or False: Sample surveys always yield better results than Censuses.
💡 Hint: Consider the accuracy and completeness of data.
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Challenge Problems
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You are conducting a survey on student stress levels. Describe how you would choose a random sample from your school of 500 students.
💡 Hint: Think about fairness and equal opportunity for each student.
A researcher collected data only from volunteers for a health study. Discuss potential sampling errors that may have occurred.
💡 Hint: Consider how willingness to participate influences the data collected.
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