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Select the sample most representative of the population of interest.

A local TV station wanted to report average gasoline prices in the early summer of  2000 in Illinois.
◦ Prices reported by the first 30 callers to respond to a request for the last price paid for gasoline
◦ Prices reported by 30 gasoline stations uniformly distributed throughout the viewing area
◦ Prices reported by 30 gasoline stations uniformly distributed throughout the state
◦ Prices reported by the station employees

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Select the sample most representative of the population of interest.

A college student who does laundry infrequently wants to determine the effect of blueing on what should be white clothes.
◦ Two loads of wash, one personal, one of a friend, the blueing assigned by a coin flip
◦ Reports of two friends, one of whom was given blueing
◦ Two loads of personal wash, one with, one without blueing
◦ The reports of an internet chatroom on laundry techniques
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