If a Population Is Quite Small, Does That Justify Making

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Multiple Choice

If a population is quite small, does that justify making a statistical generalization from a very small sample ?

• A)No.If the population size is quite small, we should attempt a complete survey of it.
• B)No.If the entire population is quite small, nothing significant can be said about it.
• C)Yes, because we would still be sampling a large percentage of the whole population (4 out of 25 is 16%!).
• D)Yes, because if the population is very small, its members are likely to be very similar, so even a very small sample will be representative of the whole population.
• E)Yes, because generalizations about smaller populations require less evidence.

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