McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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Exercise 1 Page 779

A population consists of all the members of a group of interest. A sample is a subset of the population.

Sample: random children and parents
Population: All children and parents
Classification: See solution
Explanation: See solution

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

Let's consider our situation.