A Statistician Wants to Determine the Average Annual Gross National

question 12

Essay

A statistician wants to determine the average annual Gross National Product for countries in Africa.He samples the 20 largest (in terms of population)African countries over 10 years,and gets their quarterly G.N.P results for each quarter of each year.The statistician is criticized because the sample is not representative.Explain why.

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