A study attempted to estimate the proportion of Florida residents who were willing to spend
More tax dollars on protecting the beaches from environmental disasters.Twenty-five hundred
Florida residents were surveyed.What type of data collection procedure was most likely used to
Collect the data for this study?
A) A designed experiment
B) A published source
C) A random sample
D) Observational data

Question

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A random sample is most likely used in this study to ensure that the surveyed group of Florida residents is representative of the entire population, allowing for generalization of the results.

A Study Attempted to Estimate the Proportion of Florida Residents