Maria is organizing the food for her town’s fall festival. She will be ordering and providing different protein options for the festival. Maria is unsure whether to order more hotdogs or hamburgers and decided to interview the residents of her town. Instead of interviewing every resident, Maria decides to survey a random sample of people to get the information she needs.

Select all selection options that will provide Maria with the most accurate sample.
Maria selects the first
people that walk into the town’s library.
Maria randomly selects
children at the town’s school.
Maria randomly selects
people at the state championship basketball game hosted by her town.
Maria randomly selects
homes in the town to interview their owners.
Maria randomly selects
people shopping at the local grocery store.
with explanation

1 answer

Maria randomly selects 100 people shopping at the local grocery store.

This option will provide Maria with the most accurate sample because the people shopping at the local grocery store represent a wide range of ages and demographics. This sample is more likely to be representative of the entire town's population compared to only selecting people at the library, the school, the basketball game, or homes in the town. In addition, people at the grocery store are likely to have diverse food preferences, which is important in determining whether to order more hotdogs or hamburgers for the fall festival.