A magazine reported the results of a survey in which readers were asked to send

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A magazine reported the results of a survey in which readers were asked to send In their responses to the question "how often do you eat bananas The following table summarizes results from 1000 responders. Is 80% a reasonable estimate of the proportion of all Americans who eat bananas occasionally or seldom? Yes. Amen leans have access to both bananas and magazines. Therefore, the readers of the magazine that responded to the survey form a simple random sample of Degree Americans. Yes. The reader s of the magazine was likely to be located in different regions of the county, providing a representative sample of American habits. No. All Americans do not read the magazine, and even if they did. it is likely that only those readers with the strongest opinions would have responded to the survey. No. The samp4e size was not large enough to estimate characteristics of the overall population.

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The readers of the magazine need not represent the american population in general. For results to be interpreted from a sample the sample should be representative of the population.

Hence Option C is correct.

No. All Americans do not read the magazine, and even if they did it is likely that only those readers with the strongest opinions would have responded to the survey.

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