A barrel of jelly beans stands inside a candy shop.
Which of these processes uses statistics to estimate the percentage of strawberry jelly beans that are in the barrel?
A. Take a scoop of jelly beans from the barrel; find the percentage of strawberry jelly beans that are in the scoop.
B. Empty the barrel and count the jelly beans; find the percentage of strawberry jelly beans that were in the barrel.
C. Ask people to choose their favorite flavor from the barrel; find the percentage of people who chose strawberry.
D. Ask people to sample strawberry jelly beans from the barrel; find the percentage of people who were able to identify the flavor as strawberry.
I believe its C
Not C.
People's favorite have nothing to do with the number of a particular flavor in a barrel.
B I think then, bc it doesnt include other ppl
Nope. That isn't using statistics.
I've checked two of your guesses. I will not check any more of your answers for this question.
You are correct. Option C, asking people to choose their favorite flavor from the barrel and finding the percentage of people who chose strawberry, is the process that uses statistics to estimate the percentage of strawberry jelly beans in the barrel.
Explanation:
Option A involves taking a scoop of jelly beans and finding the percentage of strawberry jelly beans in the scoop. While this process can give you an estimate of the percentage in the scoop, it does not provide information about the overall percentage in the barrel.
Option B, emptying the barrel and counting the jelly beans, can give you the exact percentage of strawberry jelly beans in the barrel. However, this process is not practical, as it involves emptying the entire barrel and counting every single jelly bean. Additionally, it does not rely on statistical methods.
Option D, asking people to sample strawberry jelly beans from the barrel and finding the percentage of people who were able to identify the flavor as strawberry, may give you some information about the taste preferences of the participants, but it does not directly estimate the percentage of strawberry jelly beans in the barrel.
Option C, asking people to choose their favorite flavor from the barrel and finding the percentage of people who chose strawberry, is a statistical process. By sampling a group of people and having them choose their favorite flavor, you can estimate the percentage of people who prefer strawberry jelly beans. This estimation can then be used as an approximation for the percentage of strawberry jelly beans in the barrel.