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You want to estimate the number of eighth-grade students in your school who find it relaxing to listen to music. You consider two samples.

  • Fifteen randomly selected members of the band
  • Every fifth student whose name appears on an alphabetical list of eighth-grade students
    which sample is unbiased? Explain.

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Solution

Step 1: Fifteen randomly selected members of the band

Every fifth student whose name appears on an alphabetical list of eighth-grade students.

Step 2: Every fifth student whose name appears on an alphabetical list of eighth-grade students is a unbiased sample because here it covers large data n gives us the correct data about the students who are relaxed while listening to music.

Step 3 (Answer slide): Every fifth student whose name appears on an alphabetical list of eighth-grade students.

Final Answer: Every fifth student whose name appears on an alphabetical list of eighth-grade students is an unbiased sample because here it covers large data n gives us the correct data about the students who are relaxed while listening to music.


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