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A Businessman Who Is Running for the Vacant Mayoral Seat

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A businessman who is running for the vacant Mayoral seat with 88,000 registered voters conducts a survey.In the survey,54.6% of the 1,200 registered voters interviewed say they planned to vote for him.Identify the population of interest and the sample in this survey.


Definitions:

Door-In-The-Face

A technique in persuasion that involves making a large request that is likely to be refused in order to increase the chances that a person will agree to a smaller request later.

Lowballing

A strategy where an initially favorable offer is made, only to have the terms made less favorable after acceptance.

Obedience

When a person follows the orders of a person in authority.

Conformity

The altering of your own behaviors and opinions to match those of other people or to match other people’s expectations.

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