A Study Attempted to Estimate the Proportion of Florida Residents

question 67

Multiple Choice

A study attempted to estimate the proportion of Florida residents who were willing to spend more tax dollars on protecting the Florida coastline from environmental disasters. Thirty-two hundred florida residents were surveyed.Which of the following is the population used in the study?

• A) Florida residents willing to spend more tax dollars protecting the coastline from environmental disasters
• B) all Florida residents who lived along the coastline
• C) all Florida residents
• D) the 3200 Florida residents who were surveyed

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