Question

josé is a student at lake middle school. for a math project, he needs to find out how many pets a typical student at lake middle school has. when it is difficult to collect data from every member of a population, you can collect data from a sample of the population. a sample is a smaller part of the entire population. which method will give josé a sample of the population? survey the teachers at lake middle school. survey the students in josés math class. survey the students at a smaller school. survey the owners of local pet stores.

Explanation:

The population is students at Lake Middle School. A sample should be a subset of this population.

• Surveying teachers is not a subset of students (the population).
• Surveying students at a smaller school is not part of Lake Middle School's student population.
• Surveying pet - store owners is not related to the student population.
• Surveying students in José's math class is a subset of the student population at Lake Middle School.

Answer:

Survey the students in José’s math class.