SOLUTION: A teacher was interested in knowing how much tax people pay in the United States. She selected a simple random sample of her friends and asked them about their taxes. Is this sam

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Question 980680: A teacher was interested in knowing how much tax people pay in the United States. She
selected a simple random sample of her friends and asked them about their taxes. Is this
sample likely to be representative of all adults in the United States?

Answer by EasySolvin(10) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is not likely to be representative because all her friends probably don't represent the tax rates for all the working class. Plus for every person the taxes they pay is different/