Question

The student council president wants to find out the opinion of the students on the issue of school lunch options. The president sends out a survey to a random sample of students in the school. What type of sample is this? Explain

Answer 1

The type of sample that the student council president is using is a random sample.

A random sample involves selecting participants randomly from the population (in this case, the student body) without any predetermined criteria or bias. This means that every student in the school has an equal chance of being selected to participate in the survey.

Using a random sample helps ensure that the opinions of the students are representative of the entire student population, as it minimizes the likelihood of selection bias and allows for generalizations to be made about the student body as a whole.