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g Researchers are interested in learning about the age of women when they marry for the first time so they survey 500 married or divorced women and ask them how old they were when they first married. The collection of the ages of the 500 women when they first married is a

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Researchers are interested in learning more about the age of women when they marry for the first time so

they survey 500 married or divorced women and ask them how old they were when they first married. The

collection of the ages of the 500 women when they first married is a .............

A) Parameter B) Population C) Sample D) Statistic

Answer:

Option C: Sample

Explanation:

We are told that a survey of 500 married or divorced women was carried out and they were asked how old they were when they first married.

Now, this survey represents a portion of the population. And a portion of the population surveyed is known as a Sample.

Thus, the correct answer is Option C

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