January 22, 2016, NPR news headline reads "Why Poverty May Be More Relevant Than Race For Childhood Obesity." The article states, "At first glance it looked like childhood obesity was more common among African Americans or Hispanics... When they accounted for poverty, though, the trend vanished." The study collected data on a random sample of K-12 students in Massachusetts. Does this study design allow us to generalize results to the population of all Massachusetts K-12 students?

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The study used a random sample from the population, which allows for generalization of the results to the entire population of Massachusetts K-12 students.

January 22, 2016, NPR News Headline Reads "Why Poverty May