Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know about how many players in the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 of the players and asks them whether they also play basketball. Describe the population and the sample. What is the size of the population, and what is the size of the sample? Show your work.

Question

Write this as clear as possible. Write it like an 11 year old wrote it in formal language. Make sure to include your work in the paragraph.

Answer 1

In this situation, the population refers to all the players in Maritza's softball league, which includes a total of 225 players. This is the entire group that Maritza is interested in studying to find out how many of them also play basketball. The sample is the smaller group that Maritza actually talked to, which consists of 45 players she randomly chose from the larger population.

To find the size of the population, we simply look at the total number of players in the league, which is 225. To find the size of the sample, we count the players Maritza selected to ask about basketball, which is 45.

In summary, the population is all 225 players in the softball league, and the sample is the 45 players Maritza asked about their basketball participation. The size of the population is 225, and the size of the sample is 45.