Each month the U.S. Census Bureau\'s American Community Survey mails survey form
ID: 3229920 • Letter: E
Question
Each month the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey mails survey forms to 300,000 households asking questions about demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics such as mortgage and utility costs. Telephone calls are made to households that don't return the form. In one month, responses were obtained from 295,000 of the households contacted. What is the population of interest?
a. the 300,000 households contacted
b. all U.S. households
c. all households with mortgages
d. only U.S. households with phones
Explanation / Answer
the population of interest is
b. all U.S. households
population is always hypothetical whereas sample is practical on which we perform analysis.