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-As a science project a student wanted to know the average temperature in her state at noon on the first day of
Summer. She called a sample of 30 newspaper offices in the state between 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM on the first
Day of Summer 2000, asking each for the current temperature. What is the weakness of the study?
A)The data collected will not yield sample statistics that represent the desired population parameter because of the time interval.
B)The data collected will not yield sample statistics that represent the desired population parameter, because more densely populated areas may have more newspapers.
C)The sample size is too small.
D)The population is not defined.

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The data may not accurately represent the entire state's temperature because areas with more newspapers (likely more densely populated) could be overrepresented in the sample, skewing the results.

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