Bowls A and B contain a number of white and red balls. Simon and Clark repeatedly selected a ball from both bowls and recorded the results in a table. Whose results will give you a better indication about the proportion of white and red balls in each bowl? Explain your answer.

Question

Bowls A and B contain a number of white and red balls. Simon and Clark repeatedly selected a ball from both bowls and recorded the results in a table. Whose results will give you a better indication about the proportion of white and red balls in each bowl? Explain your answer.

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Responses

Neither; they conducted the same number of trials.
Neither; they conducted the same number of trials.

Clark’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Simon.
Clark’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Simon.

Simon’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Clark.
Simon’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Clark.

Both results can be used, as they performed the experiment at random.
Both results can be used, as they performed the experiment at random.

Answer 1

Simon's experiment would give a better indication about the proportion of white and red balls in each bowl because he conducted a greater number of trials. The more trials conducted, the more reliable the results will be in determining the proportion of white and red balls in each bowl. Clark's experiment may have a lower level of precision because of the smaller number of trials conducted.