A recent survey of 35,101 randomly selected U.S. adults studied the religious affiliation of Americans. The sample for this survey is
A) religious affiliation.
B) the 35,101 people questioned.
C) all adults with telephones.
D) all U.S. adults.

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The sample for this survey is the 35,101 people who were randomly selected and questioned. It is not necessarily representative of all U.S. adults or all adults with telephones, and the survey specifically aimed to study religious affiliation, so that cannot be the sample.

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