8.10 Target population
Interactive practice questions
A company wants to know whether on-site day care would be considered a valuable employee benefit. They randomly selected $25$25 employees and asked their opinion about on-site day care. The target population for this survey should be:
only those with children at the company
all management and senior executive of the company
all people who work in the street the company is located on
all employees of the company
A farmer saw some worms in his cotton field. Before deciding whether or not to spray his entire field with a particular insecticide he decides to check the effectiveness of the spray so he selects $30$30 plants from his own farm to test. The target population for this should be:
A manufacturer received a large shipment of bolts. The bolts must meet certain specifications before they are able to be passed onto retailers. Before accepting the delivery the manufacturer selected $40$40 bolts and determined whether or not each met the specifications. The target population for this should be:
A construction company wants to know the opinions of residents in a certain suburb on the construction of a new road through the area. The company surveys $35$35 residents from the suburb. The target population is: