miranda is conducting a poll to determine how many students would attend a students - only school dance if…

miranda is conducting a poll to determine how many students would attend a students - only school dance if one was held. which sample is most likely to yield a representative sample for the poll?\ntwenty names from each grade pulled blindly from a container filled with the names of the entire student body written on slips of paper\nevery tenth person walking down main street in town at different times of the day\nall of the students who write into the school newspaper\nevery student from all of mirandas classes

miranda is conducting a poll to determine how many students would attend a students - only school dance if one was held. which sample is most likely to yield a representative sample for the poll?\ntwenty names from each grade pulled blindly from a container filled with the names of the entire student body written on slips of paper\nevery tenth person walking down main street in town at different times of the day\nall of the students who write into the school newspaper\nevery student from all of mirandas classes

Answer

Brief Explanations:

A representative sample should be randomly selected and cover different groups (in this case, different grades).

  • Option 1: Selecting twenty names from each grade randomly (blindly pulled) covers different grades and is a random selection method. This helps ensure that students from all grades have an equal chance of being included, making it likely to represent the entire student body.
  • Option 2: People walking down Main Street may not be students (could be adults, children not in the school etc.), so this sample is not likely to represent the student body.
  • Option 3: Students who write into the school newspaper may have a particular interest (e.g., in writing, school news) that is not representative of all students.
  • Option 4: Students from Miranda's classes only represent one subset (those in her classes) and not the entire student body.

Answer:

twenty names from each grade pulled blindly from a container filled with the names of the entire student body written on slips of paper