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Ethan surveyed the first 22 celebrities to arrive at the movie premiere.Is this sample of celebrities likely to be representative

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No, the sample of celebrities is not likely to be representative

Here, we should understand if the sample collected is likely to be representative or not

We need to understand what is meant by a representative sample or representative sampling

When a sampling is representative, it means that the sample that we have obtained looks like the population in which we are taking the sample from

Now, from what we have selected as a sample, we only considered the early comers while we have left out the late comers

What this mean in this case is that whatever sample we have is in fact not representative of the total

So we conclude that the sample of celebrities is not likely to be representative

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