A councilwoman is interested in the proportion of all registered voters in her district who favor an increase in taxes to provide more money for education. One thousand such voters are surveyed and 560 favor the tax increase.

A. What is the population of interest?

B. What is the sample?

C. Give an example of a reasonable inference in this situation.

A. The population is the collection of all registered voters' opinions regarding the tax increase in the councilwoman's district.

B. The sample is the collection of 1000 voters' opinions regarding the tax increase.

C. Approximately 56% of all the registered voters favor the tax increase.

• When identifying statistical terms, complete sentences should be used.

• Both populations and samples are collections of data. Be sure to specify what is being measured when identifying either a population or a sample.

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