Katie and Cole live in Springfield, RI, and are interested in the average number of skateboarders who use their town’s Smooth Skate Park in one week. Katie recorded the number of skateboarders who used the park in June. Cole recorded the number of skateboarders who used the park in January.
Which sampling method is more representative of the population?
A.
Katie's sample
B.
Cole's sample
A. Katie's sample...
because who skate boards in winter?
To determine which sampling method is more representative of the population, we would need to consider the characteristics of the samples collected by Katie and Cole.
If Katie's sample consists of the number of skateboarders who used the park in June, and Cole's sample consists of the number of skateboarders who used the park in January, we can analyze the characteristics of the two samples.
Since both samples were taken at different times of the year, they may not be representative of the average number of skateboarders who use the park in one week throughout the entire year. Factors such as weather, school holidays, or seasonal preferences for skateboarding could have influenced the number of skateboarders in June and January.
In this case, we cannot definitively determine which sample is more representative of the population without more specific information about the population and the circumstances surrounding the data collection. To make a more accurate determination, it would be necessary to compare both samples to the important factors that could influence the number of skateboarders using the park in one week.