Question

Good evening everyone. I have the below math problem. I am a bit confused on exactly what they are asking?

Members of a polling organization survey 700 of the 7,453 registered voters in a town by randomly choosing names from a list of all registered voters. Is their sample likely to be representative?

Answer 1

That depends upon the subject of a survey. Is it supposed to be only a survey of voters?

Answer 2

Hello Ms. Sue. Yes only a survey of voters.

Answer 3

Yes, then it's representative of voters.

Answer 4

Ms. Sue what do they mean by representative of voters? I am not quite sure what that means. Can you explain? I have never heard of such a question before.

Answer 5

It means that the people they polled are typical or average for all the voters in that town.

I other words, if the majority of voters are Republican, then the majority of those polled are also Republican.

Answer 6

That makes sense now with the way you just described and explained it. Now I understand the question better.

Thank you

Answer 7

You're welcome.