The Part of a Population Selected to Represent the Population

question 34

Multiple Choice

The part of a population selected to represent the population as a whole is called a(n) :

• A) trial set.
• B) sample.
• C) test set.
• D) focus set.
• E) observation set.

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Definitions:

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