Question

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there are 6000 people who attended a political debate at a convention center. there are three candidates who are participating in the debate - mr. smith, mr. jones, or ms. roberts. you want to find out which candidate is most popular amongst the people attending. you ask 500 people as they walk into the convention center.
which represents the population in this scenario?
select the correct answer below:
○ the three candidates - mr. smith, mr. jones, and ms. roberts
○ the 500 people surveyed
○ the 6000 people attending the debate
○ everyone who has been to the convention center that month

Explanation:

To determine the population, we recall that the population is the entire group we are interested in studying. Here, we want to find the most popular candidate among those attending the political debate. The 6000 people attending the debate are the entire group of interest. The three candidates are not the population (we care about the attendees' preferences), the 500 surveyed are a sample, and those who visited the convention center that month are not relevant to this specific study about debate attendees.

Answer:

C. The 6000 people attending the debate