SOLUTION: For the following questions, would you collect information using a sample or a population? (a) To find how many books are published in one week by a famous publishing company

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Question 1092902: For the following questions, would you collect information using a sample or a population?

(a)
To find how many books are published in one week by a famous publishing company.


Sample
Population

(b)
To test a new drug produced by a biotech company.


Population
Sample

(c)
To find the number of men and women working in an IT company with 600 people.


Sample
Population

(d)
To estimate the average salary of doctors in California.


Population
Sample
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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a. Population. This is easily countable.
b. A sample--there is no way it can be tested on everybody of concern.
c. Population--you could sample, but I count things up to 600 easily.
d. Sample--there are thousands of doctors, and it's going to be difficult to count all of them. Besides, the question asks for an estimate, and that means "SAMPLE."