Question: A large school district, with 1,000 5 th grade classes in total and 30,000 5 th grade students,wants to know which one of three museums

A large school district, with 1,000 5thgrade classes in total and 30,000 5thgrade students,wants to know which one of three museums it's fifth graders would like to go to on a class trip.The school district would like to conduct a statistically sound survey to determine which museum is most popular.

(a) The person in charge of the survey says it will be a good survey if they survey every 5thgrader in one school.

Given the information in the problem above, do you think this is a good method?Explain BRIEFLY why or why not.

(b) What do you think would be a good plan to to get a random sample of students ideas for the trip?Explain BRIEFLY

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