Question 3.30

3.30 Identify the populations.

For each of the following sampling situations, identify the population as exactly as possible. That is, indicate what kind of cases the population consists of and exactly which cases fall in the population. If the information given is not complete, complete the description of the population in a reasonable way.

  1. A college has changed its core curriculum and wants to obtain detailed feedback information from the students during each of the first 12 weeks of the coming semester. Each week, a random sample of five students will be selected to be interviewed.
  2. The American Community Survey (ACS) replaced the census “long form” starting with the 2010 census. The main part of the ACS contacts 250,000 addresses by mail each month, with follow-up by phone and in person if there is no response. Each household answers questions about their housing, economic, and social status.
  3. An opinion poll contacts 1161 adults and asks them, “Which political party do you think has better ideas for leading the country in the twenty-first century?”