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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Author:Amos Gilat

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Identify the sample, the population the sampling method, and then indicate whether the sample is likely to a representative of the population.?

A KRC Research poll of 1002 randomly selected adults found that 53% of them said they feel vulnerable to identity theft

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Population:

The experiment studies the proportion of adults who feel vulnerable to identity theft. The entire group of adults under the interest of the experiment is considered as the population.

Thus, the population in the given scenario is referred to all the adults.

Sample:

From the entire set of adults, 1002 adults are randomly selected for the KRC research poll.

Thus, the sample drawn is 1002 adults.

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