Question

Richie and Saul are conducting a survey on the most popular board games played by students at their high school. Richie interviews 25 boys from grades 9 through 12 and concludes that card games are the most popular among high school students. Saul speaks with 20 students, including girls and boys, from grades 9 through 12 and concludes that word games are the most popular among high school students. Whose generalization is valid? Why?
The generalization made by is valid because he included

Answer 1

Saul will be right because he is surveying every type of 9-12 grade, and he included both male and female students in his sample.

Answer 2

Saul would be more valid considering the fact he is surveying all types of 9-12th graders and a more wide spreads variety of people, not only one genre.