After His Property Was Vandalized by a Small Group of Teenagers,Mr.Mahmood

question 70

Multiple Choice

After his property was vandalized by a small group of teenagers,Mr.Mahmood concluded that most teenagers are irresponsible and delinquent.Mr.Mahmood ought to be reminded that accurate generalizations depend on

• A) an awareness of regression toward the mean.
• B) constructing a scatterplot.
• C) the observation of representative samples.
• D) the selection of samples from a skewed population.

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