A study was conducted by a local high school with a graduating class of 450 to determine what factor most influenced the students' choice of which university to attend after high school. 98 students participated in the study; 58 students said that the location of the university was the most important factor in their decision. The results were published stating that 266 students in the graduating class would consider location as the greatest influence in determining which college to attend. What is the problem with this study?

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Charlee Thornton

Mathematics

15 August, 01:01

A study was conducted by a local high school with a graduating class of 450 to determine what factor most influenced the students' choice of which university to attend after high school. 98 students participated in the study; 58 students said that the location of the university was the most important factor in their decision. The results were published stating that 266 students in the graduating class would consider location as the greatest influence in determining which college to attend. What is the problem with this study?

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Elmo · Answer 1

They should not publish the term "266 students". This is because they did not interview the whole 450 students.

They should only state the percentage of students who consider location as a great influence based from the number of students who participated in the study.

98 students participated. Out of the 98, 58 chose location. With these data, you can safely say that 59% of the participating students would consider location as the greatest influence in determining which college to attend.

58 / 98 = 0.591 * 100% = 59.1% or 59%.