Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior (MindTap Course List)
Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337565691
Author: Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Tanya S. Martini
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To determine: Whether the psychologist obtained a random sample after conducting a survey by flips a coin at a shapping mall. The rule is when the psychologist obtain heads of the coin, he interviews the person and if it is tails, he skips that person. 

Introduction: A representative sample is a group of people or participants from a population who were chosen randomly to represent that population. The psychologist asks the chosen question to the participant to make a survey about the subject. The answers that are given by the participants helps to understand the subject and also validates the survey taken on the subject.

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