Question

For Exercises define a population that may have been used and explain how the sample might have been selected.
There are 78 million pet owners in the United States who have dogs.

Answer 1

Identify the population.

The population includes all the individuals of interest. Here, the population may be all the pet owners in the U.S.

 

The given study is to identify the number of pet owners in the United States. The sample may be obtained from already existing records at veterinarians’ hospital. That is, the sample may be obtained using surveying records. Moreover, there is a chance that there may be pet owners who haven’t taken their pets to the hospital.