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To find: the following populations should the results of this poll be generalized.
Answer to Problem AP2.6CPT
All people who voted in the poll.
Explanation of Solution
The population is having all subjects about which want to gather the information. A sample is the small piece of the population
It is observed that the sample is the 4821 people who voted on the website. People with the heavy opinions tend to participate in a voluntary response sample and therefore it is only have data about the heavy opinions, which will give to consistently overestimating underestimating the true opinions.
Hence, the correct option is (d)
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