Question

Mateo is roasting a chicken. He must make sure the chicken has a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees so that it is
safe to eat. Using a thermometer, he takes the temperature of the chicken in three random places. The minimum temperature in
the sample is 172 degrees.
Identify the population and the sample. (4 points)
• Population: 165 degrees; Sample: 172 degrees
• Population: 172 degrees; Sample: 165 degrees
• Population: all the chicken meat; Sample: 172 degrees
• Population: three random places in the chicken; Sample: all the chicken meat
• Population: all the chicken meat; Sample: three random places in the chicken

Answer 1

Using sampling concepts, it is found that the population and the sample are given by:

Population: all the chicken meat; Sample: three random places in the chicken.

What is sampling?

It is a common statistics practice, when we want to study something from a population, we find a sample of this population, which is a group containing elements of a population.

In this problem, a group of 3 chicken meat is taken from all the chicken meat, which is the population, hence the correct option is given by:

Population: all the chicken meat; Sample: three random places in the chicken.

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