As part of a statistics project, a 6th grade teacher brings to class a container with 300 red marbles and 500 white marbles which are thoroughly mixed. To figure out how many marbles in the container are red without actually counting them all, a student randomly draws 40 marbles from the container. Of the 40 marbles drawn, 16 are red. 1) What is the sample size? 2) what is the sampling method used in this example called?

As part of a statistics project, a 6th grade teacher brings to class a container with 300 red marbles and 500 white marbles which are thoroughly mixed. To figure out how many marbles in the container are red without actually counting them all, a student randomly draws 40 marbles from the container. Of the 40 marbles drawn, 16 are red. 1) What is the sample size? 2) what is the sampling method used in this example called?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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