Question
A group of biologists are studying behavior in a large colony of prairie dogs by placing ear tags on the prairie dogs so they can be tracked and observed. It would be difficult and expensive to track every prairie dog in the colony, so the biologists put ear tags on 50 randomly chosen prairie dogs in the colony.
What sample are the biologists using?
1. all the biologists studying the prairie dogs
2.all the prairie dogs in the colony
3. the 50 prairies with ear tags
4.the prairie without ear tags
What sample are the biologists using?
1. all the biologists studying the prairie dogs
2.all the prairie dogs in the colony
3. the 50 prairies with ear tags
4.the prairie without ear tags
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The biologists are using sample option 3: the 50 prairie dogs with ear tags. This is because they have selected a subset of the population (the prairie dogs in the colony) to study and observe.