Problem-Solving and Data AnalysisEasyChoosing the group a survey represents
Problem-Solving and Data Analysis practice question
A survey of 300 shoppers leaving a toy store asks how much they spent on toys last month. The results can most reasonably be generalised to which group?
- A. Shoppers at that toy storeCorrect
- B. All residents of the country
- C. All parents
- D. All children
Answer: A. Shoppers at that toy store
The sample was drawn from the store's shoppers.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. All residents of the country
- Toy-store shoppers are not typical residents.
- C. All parents
- Not all shoppers are parents, and not all parents were sampled.
- D. All children
- Children were not the respondents.
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