Question

true or false: if samples are randomly chosen, every member of the target population could have been in the sample even though only a fraction of the target population ends up in our sample.

Answer 1

TRUE.

Explanation:

It is true that every member of the target population has the possibility of being included in the sample if the samples are chosen randomly.

However, it is also possible that not all members of the target population will be included in the sample, even if the samples are chosen randomly.

This is because the size of the sample will typically be smaller than the size of the entire target population, so not every member of the population will be included in the sample.