Question

At U.S. Data Corporation's web site, they advertised that "Because of our commitment to quality and our vast amount of industry knowledge and experience, we have grown to be one of America's leading providers of mailing lists, marketing data, sales leads and research data. We maintain databases of information on consumers and businesses nationwide that set industry standards for mission critical currency, reliability, and accuracy." Trying to reach 500 potential donors for their annual phone donation campaign, a local fire department purchased a list of donors from the company. This list is an example of a __________.

a) statistic.
b) population.
c) parameter.
d) frame.

Answer 1

The answer is: D) frame

Step-by-step explanation:

A human sampling frame is a list of individuals that you can draw a sample from.

For example, the firefighters bought the list of donors for finding potential donors for their cause. This list of donors would be considered the sampling frame and the donors that actually donate to them would be the sample.