The process of selecting elements from a population, collecting data from them, and using it as representative of all those a researcher is interested in is referred to as
A) hypothesis generation.
B) sampling.
C) information gathering.
D) statistical inference.
E) probability extrapolation.

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Sampling is the process of selecting elements from a population, collecting data from them, and using it as representative of all those a researcher is interested in.

The Process of Selecting Elements from a Population, Collecting Data