Question

A hotel maintenance crew wants to estimate how many of the 12,000 lamps in their 30-story hotel need a new light bulb. Which of the following is a random sample of lamps to be inspected?(1 point)
Responses

100 lamps on each floor chosen randomly
100 lamps on each floor chosen randomly

all lamps from the rooms with king-sized beds
all lamps from the rooms with king-sized beds

all lamps in booked rooms
all lamps in booked rooms

400 lamps on the first 10 floors

1 answer

The best option for a random sample of lamps to be inspected in a hotel with 12,000 lamps across 30 floors is:

100 lamps on each floor chosen randomly

This option ensures that each floor is represented equally in the sample and reduces bias that could arise from only selecting lamps from certain areas of the hotel. The other options either target specific types of rooms or floors without considering an even distribution, which could lead to misleading results about the overall condition of the lamps in the hotel.