options: Use data from a random sample to draw inferences about a population with an unknown characteristic of interest. Generate multiple samples (or simulated samples) of the same size to gauge the variation in estimates or predictions. For example, estimate the mean word length in a book by randomly sampling words from the book; predict the winner of a school election based on randomly sampled survey data. Gauge how far off the estimate or prediction might be.

Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samples and support valid inferences.
problem_activity: As a member of the student council at your school, you want to determine if the seventh-grade students prefer to have an after-school soccer program or an after-school movie club. There are 110 seventh-grade students at your school, and you decide to take a sample of 20 students.
Describe in detail how you can randomly select 20 seventh-grade students for your sample.


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