A Community Researcher Wanted to Explore the Connection Between the Number

question 26

Multiple Choice

A community researcher wanted to explore the connection between the number of bathrooms in a house and the sale price of the house.She studied 1750 home sales in an economically diverse, medium-sized city and found that the average sale price went up by $63,000 for each full bath.What is a logical population to which the researcher would want to extend this finding?

• A) the 1750 homes involved in the research
• B) home sales across the country in which the research was conducted
• C) all home sales in diverse, medium-sized cities
• D) home sales throughout the last decade

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