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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?

  1. A. Shoppers at that toy storeCorrect
  2. B. All residents of the country
  3. C. All parents
  4. 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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