A Study Attempted to Estimate the Proportion of Florida Residents

question 70

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. Forty-six hundred Florida residents were surveyed.Which of the following is the population used in the study?

• A) all Florida residents
• B) the 4600 Florida residents who were surveyed
• C) Florida residents willing to spend more tax dollars protecting the coastline from environmental disasters
• D) all Florida residents who lived along the coastline

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Definitions:

Parietal Lobes

Lobes at the top of the brain’s cerebral cortex; they contain areas that receive information on pressure, pain, touch, and temperature as well as handle attention and awareness of spatial relationships.

Pressure

The force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.

Cortex

The outer layer of the cerebrum, involved in numerous high-level brain functions such as thought, memory, and consciousness.

Millimeters

A unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a meter.