Tofill in the blanks:
A portion of a population that can be studied in order to make predictions about the entire population is a(n)__________.
Answer to Problem 1E
A portion of a population that can be studied in order to make predictions about the entire population is asample.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The given incomplete statement is:
‘A portion of a population that can be studied in order to make predictions about the entire population is a(n)__________.’
Know that:
A sample is a smaller, more manageable version of a larger collection. It is a subset containing greater population characteristics.
A sample should represent the entire population, and not show any prejudice against a particular attribute.
A survey refers in statistics to a series of observations taken from a population.
Hence, the complete sentence is:
‘A portion of a population that can be studied in order to make predictions about the entire population is a sample’
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