AP Statistics 1.10.B Identifying a Census
Practise identifying a census by checking that data are recorded for every member or item in the population, so no sampling inference is needed.
- Syllabus
- Effective Fall 2026
- Course
- AP Statistics
Exam points
- Identify a census when every population member or item is measured rather than sampled.
- Explain why a full-population census gives the target proportion without an inference procedure.
1.10.B—Identify a census question 1
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For the purpose of determining the value of its end-of-year inventory, a clothing store creates a list at the end of the year of every item currently in stock along with each item's wholesale price. Which of the following is the best description of the end-of-the-year activity?
A
An experiment, because the items are treatments and wholesale prices are responses.
B
An experiment, because the store does not know the total wholesale price of all the items.
C
A sample survey, because the store wants to estimate the value of all items for the entire year.
D
A sample survey, because the items currently in the store at the end of the year are a random sample of all items in the store for the entire year.
E
A census, because the wholesale prices of all items are listed.
E
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