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QUESTION:

The city council for a large city wanted to know what proportion of the residents thought fitness classes should be available to everyone. The research department offered to cooperate in conducting a survey, and a simple random sample of 500 voters was selected from all the registered voters in the city. A survey form was sent by mail to these 500 voters.

In this case, the population of interest is:

ANSWER:

   all the residents of the city.

Good job! The city council wanted to know what proportion of the city's residents supported the proposal. The city council put no restriction on the group of interest, so they want to gauge the opinion of all residents of the city.

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