A trivia tournament organizer wanted to study the relationship between the number of points a team scores in a trivia round and the number of hours that a team practices each week. For the study, the organizer selected
Hours practiced | Number of points per round | ||
---|---|---|---|
6 to 13 points | 14 or more points | Total | |
3 to 5 hours | |||
More than 5 hours | |||
Total |
Which of the following is the largest population to which the results of the study can be generalized?
All trivia teams in the tournament that scored
The
The
All trivia teams in the tournament
Choice D is correct. It's given that the organizer selected
Choice A is incorrect. The sample was selected at random from all trivia teams in the tournament, not just from the teams that scored an average of
Choice B is incorrect. If a study uses a sample selected at random from a population, the results of the study can be generalized to the population, not just the sample.
Choice C is incorrect. If a study uses a sample selected at random from a population, the results of the study can be generalized to the population, not just a subset of the sample.