Your school has received a grant to upgrade the school library. The librarians used a random sample of 50 students from the entire school. Of the 50 students, 27 would like to see more laptops available for student use. What can be inferred from this information?

In the random sample, 27 of 50 students wanted more laptops, which is 27 ÷ 50 = 54%. That is a little more than half, so the sample supports the inference that about half of the students want the grant used for more laptops. It does not show that most students do, or tell us what library users who visit most often need.

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