A national polling organization wishes to estimate the percentage of all teenagers who believe social security will 'be there' for them. The organization surveys a random sample of 1500 teenagers and 37% of this sample says that they believe social security will 'be there' for them. In this survey, what is the population of interest?
A) The 1500 teenagers who were surveyed.
B) Teenagers who believe social security will 'be there' for them.
C) All teenagers.
D) The people in the sample who believe social security will 'be there' for them.

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The population of interest refers to the entire group about which the organization wants to draw conclusions, which in this case is all teenagers, not just those surveyed or those who believe in social security's future availability.

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