Dwayne wanted to find out what the citizens of Canton think about a proposed law that would require sex offenders to be treated in the community in lieu of prison confinement and he decided to randomly call people listed in the phone book.What is his sampling frame?
A) the citizens of Canton
B) the proposed law
C) telephone listings
D) sex offenders

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The sampling frame refers to the list of individuals from which a sample is drawn. In this case, Dwayne's sampling frame is the telephone listings, which he uses to randomly select individuals to call about their opinions on the proposed law. The other options - citizens of Canton, the proposed law, and sex offenders - are not the sampling frame, but rather the population of interest, the variable being studied, and a subgroup of the population, respectively.

Dwayne Wanted to Find Out What the Citizens of Canton