Question

Which of the following represents an example of a population? Which of the following represents an example of a population? the eastern gray squirrels that live in New York City's Central Park the red foxes found east of the Mississippi River in the United States and in eastern Europe all the mammals living in the region of Boulder, Colorado the gray squirrels and fox squirrels living in Springfield, Illinois

Answer 1

Answer:

Correct option:

(1) the eastern gray squirrels that live in New York City's Central Park

Step-by-step explanation:

A population in Statistical analysis represents the set of all possible values a random variable, X can assume. For example, all the registered voters of the United States form a population, the weight of all the newborn babies in the country form a population.

All the mammals living in the region of Boulder, Colorado cannot form a population. This is because the set consists of n different species in the region.

And the gray squirrels and fox squirrels are two different species. So, together they cannot form a population.

The red foxes found east of the Mississippi River in the United States and in eastern Europe cannot form a population because the red foxes selected are from two different regions.

The eastern gray squirrels that live in New York City's Central Park can form a population because the set consists of one one species, i.e. the eastern gray squirrels from a particular region, i.e. New York City's Central Park.

Thus, the example of a population is "the eastern gray squirrels that live in New York City's Central Park."