Exercise 17 Page 317

A population consists of all of the members of a group of interest. Since it might be unrealistic to consider every member of a population, a sample is sometimes selected to represent the population. A sample is a subset of the population. The sample can then be analyzed to draw conclusions about the entire population.

Let's think about our situation.

Dan wants to determine the number of students in his school who like Brussels sprouts.

Here, the population consists of all students in Dan's school.