The latest Gallup poll shows that 63 percent of Americans felt that the laws covering the sales of firearms should be made more strict, 29 percent felt that the laws should be less strict, and 7 percent felt that the laws should be less restrict. Suppose the survey were conducted among 2,000 individuals. i. What is the population for this survey? ii. What constitutes the sample?

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The latest Gallup poll shows that 63 percent of Americans felt that the laws covering the sales of firearms should be made more strict, 29 percent felt that the laws should be less strict, and 7 percent felt that the laws should be less restrict. Suppose the survey were conducted among 2,000 individuals.

i. What is the population for this survey?

ii. What constitutes the sample?
Transcribed Image Text:The latest Gallup poll shows that 63 percent of Americans felt that the laws covering the sales of firearms should be made more strict, 29 percent felt that the laws should be less strict, and 7 percent felt that the laws should be less restrict. Suppose the survey were conducted among 2,000 individuals. i. What is the population for this survey? ii. What constitutes the sample?
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The segment of the target population known as the survey population is where the survey's information will come from. 

Sample is the subset of the target population on which the questionnaires/ survey is done on .

 

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