The owner of a local restaurant surveyed her staff on their preference of uniform color. The results are displayed in the table below. Which pair of samples is most representative of the preference of all the staff?

Uniform Color Survey
Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3
Beige 3 Beige 12 Beige 7
Blue 7 Blue 5 Blue 15
Black 10 Black 3 Black 18

Question

The owner of a local restaurant surveyed her staff on their preference of uniform color. The results are displayed in the table below. Which pair of samples is most representative of the preference of all the staff?

Uniform Color Survey
Sample 1
	
Sample 2
	
Sample 3
Beige	3	Beige	12	Beige	7
Blue	7	Blue	5	Blue	15
Black	10	Black	3	Black	18

unikitty13 · Answer

black

theloshua · Answer

you didnt show what is in samples 1 and 2

anonymous · Answer

Uniform Color Survey
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Beige
3
Beige
12
Beige
7
Blue
7
Blue
5
Blue
15
Black
10
Black
3
Black
18




                                  uniform color survey
sample 1                            sample 2                      sample 3
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beige 3               |                beige 12             |          beige 7
blue 7                 |                  blue 5                |           blue 15
black 10             |                  black 3              |          black 18

theloshua · Answer

yes, black

crazyelephant · Answer

Wouldn't it be sample 3, because it is the biggest set of numbers.

anonymous · Answer

my question isnt what color

anonymous · Answer

Which pair of samples is most representative of the preference of all the staff?

theloshua · Answer

yes, sample 3. no other sample can have as big of a number result as sample 1 and 3

anonymous · Answer

"SAMPLES' not sample.

theloshua · Answer

so its 1 and 3

crazyelephant · Answer

It asks what pair of sample. So the three colors make up one sample. So the answer is sample three.