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Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

The ASPCC randomly selects 200 students from PCC Cascade campus to participate in a childcare survey in order to determine the demand for additional childcare options for PCC students.

  1. Who is the intended population?

  2. What is the sample?

  3. Is the collected data representative of the intended population? Why or why not?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §3.1 Overview of the Statistical Process, Exercise 3

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