Question

Experts believe the rate of obesity (defined as having a BMI greater than 30) of adults in the United States is approximately 24.5%. A Gallup poll examined the rate of obesity in adults in the United States with a survey of 86,664 randomly sampled U.S. adults. Of the adults surveyed, 23,053 said that they were obese. Select the best description of the sample.

Answer 1

86,664 randomly selected U. S Adults

Explanation:

The sample is a subset of the population, that is a representative observation which is chosen from a larger population usually used in place of the population due to various reasons which may hamper the use of the entire population on a certain research project. Here, the population of interest is the entire U.S adult.

The subset of the population employed is the 86,664 randomly sampled US adults, this is called the sample as it representative of the population of interest.