Question

drag each tile to the correct box.

a company employs 650 people and wishes to survey a sample of its employees about the company culture. to avoid bias in the survey, the human resources director creates a list of all the employees and randomly selects 150 of them to complete the survey.

which description matches each term?

frame
population
sample

the list of all employees
the 650 employees in the company
the 150 randomly selected employees

Explanation:

Identify the population

The population is the entire group of individuals that we want information about. Here, the company employs 650 people, so the population consists of all 650 employees.

$$ \text{population} ightarrow \text{the 650 employees in the company} $$

Identify the sampling frame

The sampling frame is the actual list of individuals from which the sample is drawn. Here, the director creates a list of all the employees to select from.

$$ \text{frame} ightarrow \text{the list of all employees} $$

Identify the sample

The sample is the subset of the population that is actually selected to participate in the survey. Here, 150 employees are randomly selected.

$$ \text{sample} ightarrow \text{the 150 randomly selected employees} $$

Answer:

• frame \(

ightarrow\) the list of all employees

• population \(

ightarrow\) the 650 employees in the company

• sample \(

ightarrow\) the 150 randomly selected employees