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Representative (Salty Licorice)

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

Planning Halloween candy, one person insists people love salty licorice, because their siblings do. But they're Finnish: not a representative sample.

Transcript

"We're not giving out salty licorice for Halloween. People hate it." "How dare you! My siblings and I love it!" "You're Finnish! It's not a representative sample!"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-representative/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Statistics › Representative Samples
Level
High SchoolAP Statistics
Themes
FoodHistory & Holidays