Marita plays in a softball league. She wants to know how many players I the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the the names of 45 of the players and ask them whether they also play basketball. Describe the population and the sample. What is the size of the population, and what is the size of the sample?
The population is the entire softball league, which consists of 225 players. The sample is the 45 players that Marita chose to ask whether they also play basketball. Therefore, the size of the population is 225 and the size of the sample is 45.
