For her statistics project, Freda wants to find the proportion of high school students who believe learning math is necessary, regardless of their future majors. She conducts a survey on her statistics classmates and finds that 82% of them believe it is necessary to learn math.

Question

For her statistics project, Freda wants to find the proportion of high school students who believe learning math is necessary, regardless of their future majors. She conducts a survey on her statistics classmates and finds that 82% of them believe it is necessary to learn math.

True or False: Freda's sample is a good representation of the population in her study.

(1 point)
Responses

True
True

False
False

Answer 1

False

Explanation: Freda's sample only consists of her statistics classmates, which may not be representative of all high school students. The sample may be biased towards students who are more likely to believe learning math is necessary. A good representation of the population would include a random sample of high school students from different backgrounds and majors.