Marita plays in softball league. She wants to know about how many players in the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 of the players and asks the 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 all of the players in the softball league. The sample is the 45 players that Marita chose to ask about playing basketball. The size of the population is 225 players, and the size of the sample is 45 players.
The population in this scenario refers to the entire group of individuals from which the sample is drawn, in this case, all the players in the softball league. The sample, on the other hand, is a subset of the population, specifically the 45 players whose names Marita chooses to inquire about their participation in basketball.
The size of the population, as mentioned, is given as 225 players in the softball league. The size of the sample is 45 players, which represents a smaller portion of the total population Marita selects to ask about their involvement in basketball.