The government of a large city needs to determine whether the city's residents will support the construction of a new jail. The government decides to

Lennie Carroll

Lennie Carroll

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2021-06-02

The government of a large city needs to determine whether the citys

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rogreenhoxa8

rogreenhoxa8

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The sample should be randomly selected and representative of the population.
a. Since not all residents of the city are employees or inmates of the old jail, this sample would not be representative of the population.
b. Surveying every fifth person who walks into City Hall would be a convenience sample, not a randomly selected sample. It also would not be representative of the population since not all residents walk into City Hall.
c. Randomly sample persons within each geographic region of the city would be representative of the population since the sample includes residents from all parts of the city.
d. Surveying the first 200 people listed in the citys

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