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A polling organization contacts 2622 adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and li

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Question

A polling organization contacts 2622 adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and live in Europe and asks whether or not they had voted in the last federal election What is the population in the study? A. Adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and have voted. B. Adults who are 20 to 90 years of age. C. Adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and live in Europe D. Adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and live in Europe and have voted What is the sample in the study? A. Adults who are 20 to 90 years of age B. The 2622 adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and have voted C. The 2622 adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and live in Europe D. Adults who are 20 to 90 years of age and live in Europe

Explanation / Answer

1. Option C is correct.

2. Option C is correct.

Upon those individuals, the study or response is based is called the sample. The larger portion of individuals about whom the inferences are to be drawn is called population. Sample necessarily a subset of population and should be a good representative of the population.