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Practice Test

Question 2 • Statistics

A student wants to determine the proportion of times a spun penny will land on heads. She spins a penny 50 times and records the number of times it lands on heads. What type of sampling is described in this study?

Answer
A
one sample
B
more than two samples
C
two samples
D
paired data

Explanation

The student spins the same penny under the same study conditions 50 times and records one outcome: whether each spin lands on heads. These trials make up one sample, not two separate samples or paired data. The correct choice is one sample.

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