A television station is interested in predicting whether or not voters are in favor of an increase in the state sales tax. It asks its viewersto phone in and indicate whether they support or are opposed to an increase in the state sales tax in order to generate additionalrevenue for education. Of the 2633 viewers who phone in, 1474 (55.98%) are opposed to the increase.(a) The population of interest isA. all people who will vote on the sales tax increase on the date of the vote.B. the 1474 viewers who were opposed.C. the 2633 viewers who phoned in.D. all regular viewers of the television station who own a phone and have participated in similar phone surveys in the past.(b) In this case, the sample obtained isA. a stratified random sample.B. a simple random sample.C. probably biased.D. a probability sample in which each person in the population has the same chance of being in the sample.(c) The sample isA. the 2633 viewers who phoned in.B. the 1474 viewers were opposed to the increase.C. all regular viewers of the television station who own a phone and have participated in similar phone surveys in the past.D. all people who will vote on the sales tax increase on the data of the vote.

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