After a jail security scare, the Gallup organization surveyed 542 inmates about increased security measures at the jail. They found that 78% of these inmates were in favor of United States jails using full-body-scan imaging on inmates. Identify the sample and the population in this study. O The sample is the 542 American inmates who were surveyed and the population is all American inmates.   o The sample is the 78% of inmates in favor of the full-body-scan-imaging and the population is the 542 surveyed American inmates.   The sample is the 78% of inmates in favor of the full-body-scan imaging and the population is all American inmates in favor of the full-body-scan imaging.   o The population is the 542 American inmates who were surveyed and the sample is all American inmates.

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After a jail security scare, the Gallup organization surveyed 542 inmates about increased security measures at the jail. They found that 78% of these inmates were in favor of United States jails using full-body-scan imaging on inmates. Identify the sample and the population in this study.

O The sample is the 542 American inmates who were surveyed and the population is all American inmates.

 

o The sample is the 78% of inmates in favor of the full-body-scan-imaging and the population is the 542 surveyed American inmates.

 

The sample is the 78% of inmates in favor of the full-body-scan imaging and the population is all American inmates in favor of the full-body-scan imaging.

 

o The population is the 542 American inmates who were surveyed and the sample is all American inmates.

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