A political analyst in Hawaii surveys a random sample of registered Democrats and compares the results with those obtained from a random sample of registered Republicans.This would be an example of:
A)independent samples.
B)dependent samples.
C)independent samples only if the sample sizes are equal.
D)dependent samples only if the sample sizes are equal.

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The samples of registered Democrats and Republicans are independent because the participants in one sample do not affect or influence the participants in the other sample. The sample sizes being equal or not does not affect the independence of the samples. Therefore, this is an example of independent samples.

A Political Analyst in Hawaii Surveys a Random Sample of Registered