What is the best way of choosing a sample to statistically represent a population? Why? What is a biased sample? How can biased sampling affect the statistical study of a
population?
Search the Internet and give two or more real-world examples of biased sampling
leading to unexpected or unfavorable outcomes. In each case, how could the sample
have been improved to make a more accurate inference about the population?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size. it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?