Question

Marta plays in a softball league. She wants to know about how many people also play soccer. Because there 250 players in the league, she chooses the name of 50 of the players and asks them whether they also play soccer. Describe the population and sample. What is the size of the population and what is the size of the sample?

Answer 1

The population in this scenario is all 250 players in the softball league. Marta chooses a sample of 50 players from this population to ask about whether they also play soccer.

Population size: 250
Sample size: 50