Question

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Is the sample representative of the population?

population: swimmers
sample: every 5th person entering the community pool

A.
representative

B.
not representative

Answer 1

is there anyway this could create a biased sample?

Answer 2

i dunno

Answer 3

if all swimmers go to the community pool, then randomly sampling every 5th person would create a smaller version of the population; it would then be representative.

if not all swimmers go to the public pool, then there is no way of getting a sample that represents all of them.

Answer 4

now, the question itself is poor since it not asking you to explain an answer, but to choose from 2 static options that some other person has already deemed is right or wrong

Answer 5

i am confused.

Answer 6

a

Answer 7

thx