A Middle School Student Passes Out Leaflets to the Adults

question 24

Multiple Choice

A middle school student passes out leaflets to the adults at a school function. The leaflets ask the recipient to indicate whether they believe in anthropogenic global warming. The bottom of the
Leaflet indicates that the completed leaflet should be returned to the student. Identify the kind of
Sample that is being used.

• A) stratified sample
• B) cluster sample
• C) systematic sample
• D) sample of convenience

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Definitions:

Market Interest Rate

The prevailing rate of interest determined by supply and demand in the financial markets that borrowers must pay to lenders.

Banks and Thrifts

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FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a United States government agency created in 1933 to insure deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank, for each account ownership category.

Deposit Insurance

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