Question
The mayor of Derby City wants to know if he would be re-elected if he ran for mayor again. It would take a long time to get the opinions of all the town's residents, so he has each of his advisors randomly ask 25 residents. He finds that more than 50% of the residents would likely vote for him in the next election if he ran.
What are the population and the sample of the survey?
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What are the population and the sample of the survey?
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Answers
GPT-4o mini
In this scenario:
- **Population**: The entire group of individuals that the mayor is interested in assessing, which in this case is all the residents of Derby City.
- **Sample**: The specific group of individuals that were surveyed to gather data about the population's opinions, which consists of the 25 residents that his advisors randomly asked.
So, you would fill in the blanks as follows:
The population is **all the residents of Derby City**. The sample is **the 25 residents surveyed by the advisors**.
- **Population**: The entire group of individuals that the mayor is interested in assessing, which in this case is all the residents of Derby City.
- **Sample**: The specific group of individuals that were surveyed to gather data about the population's opinions, which consists of the 25 residents that his advisors randomly asked.
So, you would fill in the blanks as follows:
The population is **all the residents of Derby City**. The sample is **the 25 residents surveyed by the advisors**.