document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1061627>Question 1061627</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2. A researcher is interested in how education might influence income in New York State. 1,000 NY residents were randomly selected throughout the state for a telephone survey. In this study, what is the population, and what is the sample?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Population: 1,000 residents; Sample: NY residents.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. Population: education; Sample: income levels.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C. Population: NY residents; Sample: 1,000 residents.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D. Population: Income levels; Sample: education. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Population is larger than or equal to sample, which removes A from consideration.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Population is not education, it is the group of interest.  Education is the independent variable.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Income levels aren't the population; they are the dependent variable. </SPAN>\n" );
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