Question

An insurance firm wants to estimate the percentage of senior citizens in a small town with approximately 2,534 residents. it asks a group of 85 randomly selected people in the town about their age.

select the statement that is true.

a. the sample is 2,534 people. the population is 85 people.

b. the sample is 85 people. the population is 2,449 people.

c. the sample is 85 people. the population is 2,534 people.

d. none of the answer choices are true.

Answer 1

Using sampling concepts, it is found that the correct statement is given by:

c. the sample is 85 people. the population is 2,534 people.

What is sampling?

It is a common statistics practice, when we want to study something from a population, we find a sample of this population, which is a group containing elements of a population. A sample has to be representative of the population, that is, it has to involve all segments of the population.

In this problem, a group of 85 people, which is the sample, is taken from the entire population of 2,534 people, hence option c is correct.

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