Sample or Census

We want to know what the most popular sports brand in school is. What is the population?

• Everybody in the school
• All Year 10 students

• Everyone in Middle School

• The teachers

We want to know what the most popular sports brand at Wilderness is. Which of the following would be a sample?

• Everybody in the school
• All the students in Year 10

• Everyone in Adelaide

• All students at Wildernedd

Amina wanted to know what Spracky's favourite food was so she asked everybody in Spracky. This would be a...

• Census
• Sample

Mata wanted to know what the favourite movie was in all of Year 10, so she asked everybody in 10 Carob. This is a ....

• Sample
• Census

Ghala wanted to know what the most popular book was in the whole school, so she asked everybody in Year 10 what their favourite book was. This would be a...

• Sample
• Census

Olive wanted to know what the favourite movie is at Wilderness, so she asked everyone in the school.

• Census
• Sample

Mira wanted to know what was the most popular restaurant in Adelaide so she asked all her friends what their favourite restaurant was.

• Sample
• Census

Yasmine wanted to know what the most popular sport in the world was so she asked everybody in Adelaide.

• Census
• Sample

Why might a sample not be as good as a census?

• Because you only know what some people think, not everyone.
• Because it saves time

To find out the most popular sport in school, Jazz asked all the Senior School. Why is this not a good sample?

• Different year levels might like different sports

• It's too small