Question

Determine whether the data set is a population or a sample. Explain your reasoning. The salary of each teacher in a school. Choose the correct answer below. A. ​Sample, because it is a collection of salaries for all teachers in the school comma but there are other schools. B. ​Population, because it is a subset of all schools in the city. C. ​Sample, because it is a collection of salaries for some teachers in the school. nothing D. ​Population, because it is a collection of salaries for all teachers in the school.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. ​Population, because it is a collection of salaries for all teachers in the school.

Step-by-step explanation:

In research, population refers to a complete set of subjects that share a characteristic and that the researcher is interested in. On the other hand, a sample is a subset of a population and it's usually the one the researcher takes to make a study with.

In this example, we have "The salary of each teacher in a school" since we are taking ALL the teachers of this school, this would be a population. If we were working with the salary of only a portion of the teachers of said school, it would be a sample.

Thus, the right answer is  D. ​Population, because it is a collection of salaries for all teachers in the school.