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cabate

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A _____ sample is one in which every member of the population has an equal probability of being selected for the sample.
 
  a. representative c. nationwide
  b. biased d. random

Question 2

In order to estimate the amount of TV watched by New York City adults, a sociologist surveys a random sample of adults from this city. All of the New York City adults constitute a _________.
 
  a. population c. statistic
  b. sample d. parameter


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bhavsar

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
This defines a random sample.

Answer to Question 2

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cabate

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Gracias!

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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