Suppose a researcher wants to understand public attitudes about drug legalization in Canada, but it is not feasible for her to interview every person living in the country. Which of the following should she do?
A) find and interview a large number of drug users
B) use discrete measurement techniques to find the ideal number of Canadians to interview
C) carefully employ bivariate descriptive statistics to show how drug users' attitudes differ from those of non-users
D) devise a representative sample from the population and use inferential statistics to make generalizations about the Canadian public

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A representative sample allows the researcher to make generalizations about the entire population using inferential statistics, which is practical and feasible compared to interviewing every individual.

Suppose a Researcher Wants to Understand Public Attitudes About Drug