determining appropriate sampling techniques\n...
determining appropriate sampling techniques\nthe basketball players at rafaels middle school are selling t - shirts, and he wants to determine the average number of shirts that have been sold. first he surveyed five members of the 7th - grade boys basketball team. then he surveyed every third basketball player on the boys and girls 6th - through 8th - grade basketball teams. which sampling technique should produce a more representative sample?\nthe first sampling method (7th graders) is the most representative.\nthe second sampling method (6th - 8th graders) is the most representative.\nboth samples should be exactly the same.\nneither sample will be representative.
Answer
# Brief Explanations:
The second sampling method includes 6th - 8th graders, covering a wider range of the population (all middle - school basketball players selling T - shirts). A wider and more inclusive sample is generally more representative. The first method only samples 7th - grade boys, which is a very narrow subset.
# Answer:
The second sampling method (6th–8th graders) is the most representative.