A teacher surveyed a random sample of middle school students. The number of pets owned by each student was recorded, and the data are presented in the dot plot shown the teacher will use the same survey with the rest of the students in the middle school at a later time which inference about the entire middle school population is best supported by the information from the sample
The inference about the entire middle school population that is best supported by the information from the sample is that a majority of middle school students have at least one pet. This is based on the fact that the dot plot shows that most students in the sample own one or more pets, with only a few students not having any pets. Therefore, it is likely that a similar trend exists in the entire middle school population, with a majority of students owning pets.
