Good evening everyone. I have the below math problem. I am a bit confused on exactly what they are asking?
Members of a polling organization survey 700 of the 7,453 registered voters in a town by randomly choosing names from a list of all registered voters. Is their sample likely to be representative?
That depends upon the subject of a survey. Is it supposed to be only a survey of voters?
Hello Ms. Sue. Yes only a survey of voters.
Yes, then it's representative of voters.
Ms. Sue what do they mean by representative of voters? I am not quite sure what that means. Can you explain? I have never heard of such a question before.
That makes sense now with the way you just described and explained it. Now I understand the question better.
Thank you
You're welcome.
It means that the people they polled are typical or average for all the voters in that town.
I other words, if the majority of voters are Republican, then the majority of those polled are also Republican.