Question

An opinion poll contacts 1101 adults and asks them, " Which political party do you think has better ideas for leading the country in the 21st century?" In all, 613 of the 1101 say, " The Democrats." The sample in this setting is
A. the 613 people who chose the Democrats.
B. the 1101 people interviewed.
C. all 235 million adults in the United States.
D. None of the above.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. the 1101 people interviewed.

Step-by-step explanation:

An opinion poll contacts 1101 adults and asks them, " Which political party do you think has better ideas for leading the country in the 21st century?"

The sample in this setting is the 1101 people interviewed.

Here sample space is 1101.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. the 1101 people interviewed.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sample is the subset of the population and it takes for making the experiment easy. Further, the sample is said to be best if it is the representation of the whole population.

Here, since opinion poll contacts all 1101 adults for knowing their opinion about political parties.

Hence the sample space is all 1101 people interviewed.