Q 1.30. - Elementary Statistics

Question

Provide a scenario of your own in which a sample is not representative.

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

A sample from a particular school's 12^th standard students is not a representative sample for judging the performance of all the students of the 12^th standard in a particular subject.

Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

Provide a scenario of your own in which a sample is not representative.

Step 2. Explanation.

As we know that a sample will be used to draw conclusions or make a judgment about the entire population.

If we take a sample of 12^th standard students from a particular school so that we can measure the performance of all the students of 12^th standard in a particular subject.

Here the sample will not be a representative one because we are considering only one school for the entire population of 12^th standard students.