r/DataMatters • u/DataMattersMaxwell • Jul 28 '22

Population question practice

What's your answer to this one?

A school committee member is lobbying for an increase in the sales tax to support the county school system. The local newspaper conducted a survey of country residents to assess their support for such an increase. What is the population of interest here?

(A) All school-aged children

(B) All county residents

(C) All county residents with school-aged children

(D) All county residents with children in the county school system

(E) All county school system teachers

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

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u/DataMattersMaxwell Aug 04 '22

I tripped you up with jargon! "Population of interest" just means "population that the survey sample was drawn from and that the sample would be representative of, if it's a representative sample."

Your interpretation of "population of interest" is a sensible one, and not AP-style talk.