a soft drink company is developing a new flavor. to gather customer feedback, the company offers samples of the new drink at food shows all around the state of texas and observes the fraction of those who tried the drink who finished the sample. to which population is it resonable to generalize the result of this observational study?

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answer choices:

consumers internationally

consumers in texas

consumers in san antonio, texas, where one of the food shows was held

consumers in the entire country

Answer 1

In this observational study, the company is gathering feedback from samples at food shows specifically around the state of Texas. Therefore, the results are most relevant to the population that is present and sampled in that geographic area.

The most reasonable population to generalize the results to is:

consumers in Texas

This option reflects the geographical context of the study and the demographic of the attendees who are likely to represent the opinions and preferences of consumers in that region. The other options (internationally, just San Antonio, or the entire country) are too broad or specific compared to the scope of the data collected.