Since the entire population is too large to work with, a sample is often used to
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Question
Since the entire population is too large to work with, a sample is often used to characterize the population. This sample should
a. include individuals that are selected to fully represent the extreme values in the distribution.
b. be at most 5% of the population size to minimize the computational efforts.
c. be randomly selected so that it represents the entire population.
d. be small enough to mitigate against chance events skewing the distribution of the sample.
e. include all of the features mentioned above.
Explanation / Answer
This sample should:
c. be randomly selected so that it represents the entire population.