What Is the Reason to Work with Samples Rather Than

question 11

Multiple Choice

What is the reason to work with samples rather than populations?

• A) Populations are continually changing.
• B) Researchers can rarely test a population.
• C) Statistical methods are designed to work only with samples.
• D) Measurements from populations are biased.

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