A statistical method used to estimate the proportion of items in a population containing a characteristic of interest is:
A) variables sampling.
B) population-proportional-to-size sampling.
C) attributes sampling.
D) estimation sampling.

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The method used to estimate the proportion of items in a population containing a characteristic of interest is attributes sampling. Attributes sampling is used when the characteristic of interest is a non-measurable attribute, and it involves classifying the items in the population as either possessing or not possessing the attribute of interest.

A Statistical Method Used to Estimate the Proportion of Items