Question

Lin wants to know how many games teenagers in the United States have on their phones.

1. What is the population for Lin's question?
2. Explain why collecting data for this population would be difficult.
3. Give an example of a sample Lin could use to help answer her question.

Answer 1

1a. 42% of teens spend time playing games on their phones

2a. Collecting data would be difficult because you have t figure out what state in the U.S to use.

3a. 513 students from 84 colleges nationwide found that 34.89 percent of them spend a lot of time playing games on their smartphones, and 42.69 percent play occasionally.