Exercise 2.

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Population and Sample

Name: Diez, Dawn Ilish Nicole

Course/Year/Section: 2 BSN-B

Answer the following:

1. You are interested in knowing what percent of all households in Kabacan have a single
woman as the head of the household. To estimate this percentage, you conduct a survey with
200 households and determine how many of these 200 are headed by a single woman.

a. What is the population? Household in Kabacan

b. What is the sample? 200 households

2. Of the regions’ adult population, 36% has an allergy. A sample of 1200 randomly selected
adults resulted in 33.2% reporting an allergy.

a. Who is the population? Regions’ adult population

b. What is the sample? 1200 randomly selected adults

3. Select 150 students currently enrolled at USM - Kabacan and ask how many years they have
attended the university, how old they are, and if they live on campus.

a. What is the population? Population of currently enrolled students at USM-Kabacan

b. What is the sample? Selected 150 students currently enrolled at USM-Kabacan

4. A recent survey of 2625 elementary school children found that 28% of the children could be
classified as obese.

a. What is the population? 2625 Elementary school children

b. What is the sample? 28% or 735 obese children

5. Suppose a 12-year old asked you to explain the difference between a descriptive and
inferential statistics, how would you explain it to him/her?

The first step in explaining should the introduction of the meaning of the descriptive
statistics which talks about a sample and the inferential statistics which takes data from a sample
and makes inferences about the larger population from which the sample was drawn. After giving
the meaning of the two, it is the time to put in illustration in order for the 12-year old to catch it up
and to understand it better. Because it is easier for a child to understand if it is shown in an
illustration instead of giving him/her an explanation, alone.