Maria randomly selects 50 people at the state championship basketball game hosted by her town and Maria randomly selects 50 people shopping at the local grocery store.
These two options provide Maria with the most accurate sample because they cover a diverse range of residents in the town. By selecting people at the basketball game, Maria can reach both locals and visitors to the town, while selecting people at the grocery store ensures she captures a variety of age groups and demographics. This will give her a more well-rounded understanding of the preferences of the town's residents when it comes to protein options for the fall festival.
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 50 people that walk into the town’s library.
Maria randomly selects 50 children at the town’s school.
Maria randomly selects 50 people at the state championship basketball game hosted by her town.
Maria randomly selects 50 homes in the town to interview their owners.
Maria randomly selects 50 people shopping at the local grocery store.
and why
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