Question 3 • Concepts in Probability and Statistics A
Miranda is conducting a poll to determine how many students would attend a students-only school dance if one was held. Which sample is most likely to yield a representative sample for the poll?
Answer
A
twenty names from each grade pulled blindly from a container filled with the names of the entire student body written on slips of paper
B
every tenth person walking down Main Street in town at different times of the day
C
all of the students who write into the school newspaper