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Question 4 • Mathematics III

Which of the following could be classified as a census?

Answer
A
a survey of each student in a school about school lunch options
B
a survey of all the women on Main Street to determine the current movie preferences of all people over age 20
C
a survey of a percentage of each state’s population about voting choices
D
a survey of all the children in a supermarket to determine the favorite cereal brands of the general population

Explanation

A census collects information from every member of the population being studied. Choice C surveys each student in the school, so it covers the whole population of interest. The other choices either survey only part of the population or survey a group that does not represent the population the question is about.

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