Researchers would like to assess the overall health of white pine trees in a state park. Using a computer program,
the researchers selected 100 random points in the state park and assessed the trees closest to the selected
points. Of the 100 trees selected, 24 showed damage to their lower limbs. Which of the following describes the
sample in this setting?
all white pine trees in the world
the 24 trees that showed damage
the 100 trees checked for damage
all white pine trees in the state park

the sample is the 100 trees checked. Thats cause they checked all 100 and found 24 had damage. Which means they sampled 100 trees out of the whatever amount in the forest.

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[SEPARATE QUESTION]

Separate question since people are confused about it in the previous answers comments "Which of the following statements best describes the bias that may arise from the results?":

I can confirm A is wrong. C just, feels wrong completely.

So that leaves us with B or D.

I think it's D: Trees near the road may have more damage than trees away from it, so the results may overestimate the overall damage of the trees.

I have not finished yet but I am 95% sure D is correct.

The reason why I don't believe it's B is because they want to resample near the same road, which can still result to biased results.

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