In a Sample of 400 Students in a University, 80

question 61

Multiple Choice

In a sample of 400 students in a university, 80 or 20% are Business majors. Based on the above information, the school's paper reported that "20% of all the students at the university are Business majors." This report is an example of

• A) a sample.
• B) a population.
• C) statistical inference.
• D) descriptive statistics.

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Definitions:

Polls

Surveys of public opinion from a particular sample, used to predict the outcome of elections or gather information on attitudes towards a topic.

Representative Sample

A sample that is similar to the larger population from which it was drawn.

Modus Ponens

A hypothetical syllogism in which the antecedent premise is affirmed by the consequent premise.

Inductive Argument

A type of reasoning that constructs or evaluates propositions that are abstractions of observations of individual instances.