Select the Sample Most Representative of the Population of Interest

question 38

Multiple Choice

Select the sample most representative of the population of interest
-A college student who does laundry infrequently wants to determine the effect of bluing on what should be white clothes.

• A) Reports of two friends, one of whom was given bluing
• B) The reports of an internet chatroom on laundry techniques
• C) Two loads of personal wash, one with, one without bluing
• D) Two loads of wash, one personal, one of a friend, the bluing assigned by a coin flip

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Sherman Act

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