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Classify the following example as a population or a sample.
150 students randomly selected from a large university.
O Population
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The example "150 students randomly selected from a large university" is a sample. Here's why: 1. **Definition**: - **Population**: It includes all members of a specified group. - **Sample**: It represents a subset of the population that is selected to represent the whole group. 2. **Explanation**: - In this case, the entire population would be all students at the large university, which could potentially be thousands. - The sample is only 150 students selected randomly from this larger group to represent the whole university population. 3. **Example**: - If you imagine a large bowl of mixed candies (population), taking out a handful of candies (sample) to represent the entire bowl would be similar to this scenario. So, in this context, the example of 150 students randomly selected from a large university would be classified as a sample since it's a subset taken from the larger population of all students at the university.
In this case, the example "150 students randomly selected from a large university" represents a sample.

A sample is a subset of the population, which is a larger group of individuals or items under consideration. In this scenario, the 150 students represent a subset (sample) of the entire student population at the large university.

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