A Study Attempted to Estimate the Proportion of Florida Residents

question 125

Multiple Choice

A study attempted to estimate the proportion of Florida residents who were willing to spend more tax dollars on protecting the beaches from environmental disasters.Twenty-five hundred Florida residents were surveyed.What type of data collection procedure was most likely used to collect the data for this study?

• A)A designed experiment
• B)A published source
• C)A random sample
• D)Observational data

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Definitions:

Plateau Phase

A phase during the action potential of cardiac muscle cells characterized by sustained depolarization, contributing to the lengthening of cardiac muscle contraction.

Abnormal Heart Rhythm

Refers to irregular heartbeats or arrhythmias, which may disrupt the normal flow of blood through the heart.

Body Temperature

The measure of the body's ability to generate and get rid of heat, crucial for the body's proper functioning and maintaining homeostasis.

Sympathetic Stimulation

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system, leading to responses like increased heart rate and blood pressure.