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Evaluating Statistical Claims - Section 2

The document discusses a study conducted by a trivia tournament organizer to analyze the relationship between team scores and practice hours. It presents a question regarding the largest population to which the study's results can be generalized, with the correct answer being all trivia teams in the tournament. The rationale explains that the sample was randomly selected from the entire tournament, allowing for generalization to the broader population.

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Evaluating Statistical Claims - Section 2

The document discusses a study conducted by a trivia tournament organizer to analyze the relationship between team scores and practice hours. It presents a question regarding the largest population to which the study's results can be generalized, with the correct answer being all trivia teams in the tournament. The rationale explains that the sample was randomly selected from the entire tournament, allowing for generalization to the broader population.

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Question ID 7d68096f

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving and Evaluating statistical


Data Analysis claims:
Observational
studies and
experiments

ID: 7d68096f

A trivia tournament organizer wanted to study the relationship between the number of points a team scores in a trivia
round and the number of hours that a team practices each week. For the study, the organizer selected teams at
random from all trivia teams in a certain tournament. The table displays the information for the teams in the sample
that practiced for at least hours per week.

Number of points per round


Hours practiced
6 to 13 points 14 or more points Total

3 to 5 hours

More than 5 hours

Total
Which of the following is the largest population to which the results of the study can be generalized?

A. All trivia teams in the tournament that scored or more points in the round

B. The trivia teams in the sample

C. The trivia teams in the sample that practiced for at least hours per week

D. All trivia teams in the tournament

ID: 7d68096f Answer


Correct Answer: D

Rationale

Choice D is correct. It's given that the organizer selected teams at random from all trivia teams in the tournament. A
table is also given displaying the information for the teams in the sample that practiced for at least hours per week.
Selecting a sample of a reasonable size at random to use for a survey allows the results from that survey to be applied to
the population from which the sample was selected, but not beyond this population. Thus, only the sampling method
information is necessary to determine the largest population to which the results of the study can be generalized. Since
the organizer selected the sample at random from all trivia teams in the tournament, the largest population to which the
results of the study can be generalized is all trivia teams in the tournament.

Choice A is incorrect. The sample was selected at random from all trivia teams in the tournament, not just from the
teams that scored an average of or more points per round.

Choice B is incorrect. If a study uses a sample selected at random from a population, the results of the study can be
generalized to the population, not just the sample.
Choice C is incorrect. If a study uses a sample selected at random from a population, the results of the study can be
generalized to the population, not just a subset of the sample.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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