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In a recent Gallup survey of 1,012 randomly selected U.S. adults (age 18 and over), 53% said that they were dissatisfied with the quality of education students receive in kindergarten through grade 12. They also report that the "margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4%."
-What is the population of interest?
A) U.S. adults (age 18 and over)
B) 1,012 randomly selected U.S. adults
C) U.S. adults dissatisfied with K-12 education
D) U.S. adults satisfied with K-12 education

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The population of interest is the group of people that the researcher is interested in making inferences about. In this case, the researcher is interested in making inferences about U.S. adults (age 18 and over), so the population of interest is U.S. adults (age 18 and over).

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