Question

multiple choice question
which one of the following is a population in the statistical sense?
the amount purchased by every $25^{th}$ customer at best buy on saturday.
a handful of jelly beans from a jar of mixed flavors.
all of the automobiles sold in canada in 2016.
every eighth person on the class roster.

Explanation:

In statistics, a population is the complete set of all individuals, objects, or measurements that we are interested in studying. The other options represent samples (subsets of a larger group), while "All of the automobiles sold in Canada in 2016" is the full set of items in the defined group of interest.

Answer:

C. All of the automobiles sold in Canada in 2016.