Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know about how many players in the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 of the players and asks them whether they also play basketball. Describe the population and the sample. What is the size of the population, and what is the size of the sample? Show your work.

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Maritza plays in a softball league. She wants to know about how many players in the league also play basketball. Because there are 225 players in the league, she chooses the names of 45 of the players and asks them whether they also play basketball. Describe the population and the sample. What is the size of the population, and what is the size of the sample? Show your work.

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
1 month ago

Population: All players in the softball league (225 players)

Sample: 45 randomly chosen players from the league

Size of population: 225 players
Size of sample: 45 players

Maritza chose a sample size of 45 players out of the total population of 225 players in the softball league. This sample size is about 20% of the total population. By collecting data from this sample, Maritza can make inferences about the entire population of players in the league.