An environmental advocacy group is interested in the perceptions of farmers about global climate change. Specifically, they wish to determine the percentage of organic farmers who are concerned that climate change will affect their crop yields. They use an alphabetized list of members of the Northeast Organic Farming Association, a nonprofit organization with over 5000 members in a multitude of states. They randomly select members from this list until they have succeeded in contacting 150 members. Which is the sampling frame? population? population parameter? sample?
a. an alphabetized list of 5000 members of Northeast Organic Farming Association
b. all farmers
c. the proportion of organic farmers who are concerned about climate change affecting their crop yields
d. 150 of the 5000 members of Northeast Organic Farming Association who are contacted
Answer:
a. an alphabetized list of 5000 members of Northeast Organic Farming Association = sample frame
b. all farmers = population
c. the proportion of organic farmers who are concerned about climate change affecting their crop yields = population parameter
d. 150 of the 5000 members of Northeast Organic Farming Association who are contacted = sample
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