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Exercise 4

Avg difficulty 2.5

A local research firm randomly selects 1200 homes in Washington County to determine support for adding compost pick up to residents' regular garbage service.

  1. Who is the intended population?

  2. What is the sample?

  3. Is the collected data representative of the intended population? Why or why not?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §3.1 Overview of the Statistical Process, Exercise 4

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