A magazine reported the result of a survey in which readers were asked to send i

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A magazine reported the result of a survey in which readers were asked to send in their responses to the question "how often do you eat bananas?" The following table summarizes results from 1000 responder. 5% a reasonable of all Americans who never cat bananas? No, All Americans do not read the magazine, and even if they did, it is likely that readers with the strongest opinions would have responded to the survey, Yes, the readers of the magazine were likely to be located in different regions of the county, providing a representative sample of American habits. Yes, Americans have access to both bananas and magazines. Therefore, the readers that responded to the survey from a simple random sample of Americans. No, the sample size was not large enough to estimate characteristics of the overall population.

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A 5% IS NOT A REASONABLE ESTIMATE OOF THE PROPORTION OF ALL AMERICANS WHO NEVER EAT BANANAS AS THE SAMPLE SIZE IS ONLY FOR 1000 PEOPLE IN THE SAMPLE AND THAT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO CALL IT FOR WHOLE OF AMERICANS HENCE THE ANSWER IS OPTION D IS CORRECT.

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