Question

adela is organizing a fundraiser at vista middle school. each student at the school will be making and selling an alebrije. students can choose to make any animal shown in the table. adela surveys a random sample of 30 students to see which animal they will choose. which animal was chosen by more students in the sample than any other animal? cat adela claims that more students at the school are likely to make a cat than any other animal. is this claim supported by the data? ?, because the sample ? likely to be representative of the population.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the sample data

In the sample of 30 students, the cat has the highest number of votes (10 votes) among all the animals (frog - 5, hippo - 6, pig - 4, turtle - 5).

Step2: Consider the sampling method

The sample is a random sample. A random sample is more likely to be representative of the population. Since in the random sample the cat was chosen by more students than any other animal, we can generalize this result to the population (the whole school) with some confidence.

Answer:

Yes, because the sample is likely to be representative of the population.