The number of pets for 20 households in a town with 300 households.
Question 3.
Determine whether the data set is a population or a sample. Explain your reasoning.
The number of pets for 20 households in a town with 300 households.
- Population, because it is a subset of all households in the town.
- Sample, because the collection of the number of pets for 20 households is a subset of all households in the town.
- Population, because it is a collection of the number of pets in all households in the town.
- Sample, because it is a collection of the number of pets in all households in the town, but there are other towns.
Answer – Option 2. Sample, because the collection of the number of pets for 20 households is a subset of all households in the town.