9758/2019/P2/Q06

In a certain country there are 100 professional football clubs, arranged in 4 divisions. There are 22 clubs in Division One, 24 in Division Two, 26 in Division Three and 28 in Division Four.

(i) Alice wishes to find out about approaches to training by clubs in Division One, so she sends a questionnaire to the 22 clubs in Division One. Explain whether these 22 clubs form a sample or a population.

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(ii) Dilip wishes to investigate the facilities for supporters at the football clubs, but does not want to obtain the detailed information necessary from all 100 clubs. Explain how he should carry out his investigation, and why he should do the investigation in this way.

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(iii) Find the number of different possible samples of 20 football clubs, with 5 clubs chosen from each division.

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