Question

the mayor wants to know how the people of the city feel about a bottle tax. she sends her staff to a randomly selected block in each of the citys election districts. the staff members interview all the residents on the block that are home that day.
what is the population?
○ all the people in the city
○ all the people who live on the block
○ all the people who live on the block and are home that day

Explanation:

The population in a statistical study is the entire group of interest. Here, the mayor wants to know how the people of the city feel about the bottle tax, so the population is all people in the city. The selected blocks and residents interviewed are samples, not the full population.

Answer:

all the people in the city