Suppose that the proportion of all American adults that fit the medical definition of being obese is 0.23. A large medical clinic would like to determine if the proportion of their patients that are obese is higher than that of all American adults. The clinic takes a simple random sample of 30 of their patients and finds that 9 patients in the sample are obese.
-What is the population of interest?
A) All American adults
B) All patients at the large medical clinic
C) The 30 patients surveyed
D) The 9 patients that are obese

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The population of interest is all patients at the large medical clinic, as the clinic wants to determine if the proportion of their patients that are obese is higher than that of all American adults.

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