As part of a statistics project, a teacher brings a bag of marbles containing 60

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As part of a statistics project, a teacher brings a bag of marbles containing 600 white marbles and 300 red marbles. She tells the students the bag contains 900 total marbles, and asks her students to determine how many red marbles are in the bag without counting them. A student randomly draws 150 marbles from the bag. Of the 150 marbles, 53 are red The data collection method can best be described as Controlled study Clinical study Survey Census The target population consists of The 53 red marbles drawn by the student The 300 red marbles in the bag The 150 marbles drawn by the student The 900 marbles in the bag None of the above

Explanation / Answer

The data collection can be best described by:

SURVEY

The target population consists of:

900 marbles in the bag

The sample consists of

150marbles drawn by the student

Based on the sample, the student would estimate that 318 (=(53/150)*900) marbles in the bag are red.

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