A library wants to carry out a study on the best selling genres. To do this, they keep record of the genre of each book sold to a customer. They alternate, customer yes, customer no, customer yes,....
Find out the population, the individual, the sample, the sampling, the value and the data of this study.
Development:
The population of the study is the total of sold books.
The individual is each sold book.
The sample are the books considered in the study by alternating customers.
The sampling is the set of obtained data, in this case the different genres of the books in the sample.
The values are: adventure, science fiction, history, thriller, love story and horror.
The data: The data is the assignment of one of the possible values to the individual.
Solution:
Population: total of sold books.
Individual: each book sold.
Sample: the books considered in the study by alternating customers.
Sampling: the set of obtained data, in this case the different genres of the books in the sample.
Values: adventure, science fiction, history, thriller, love story and horror.
Data: the data is the assignment of one of the possible values to the individual.