If a poll oversampled teenagers at three times their proportion in the U.S population,each teenager in the sample would only have ________ the weight of other respondents when researchers calculate population estimates.
A)one-fourth
B)one-third
C)one-half
D)two-thirds

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If teenagers are oversampled at three times their proportion, each teenager's weight should be reduced to one-third to accurately reflect their proportion in the population.

If a Poll Oversampled Teenagers at Three Times Their Proportion