Select the Sample Most Representative of the Population of Interest

question 129

Multiple Choice

Select the sample most representative of the population of interest.
-A researcher wants to determine the relative merits of oak and maple as firewood.

• A)Fifteen pieces of each picked up from the floor of a hardwood forest
• B)Thirty friends, half of whom burn only oak, half of whom burn only maple
• C)Fifteen pieces of each type of wood cut at the same time from branches of the same size
• D)Fifteen pieces of each obtained from friends with woodpiles

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