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 reasonable to generalize the result of this observational study?(1 point) Responses consumers in San Antonio, Texas, where one of the food shows was held consumers in San Antonio, Texas, where one of the food shows was held consumers in the entire country consumers in the entire country consumers in Texas consumers in Texas consumers internationally

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The most reasonable population to generalize the results of this observational study is consumers in Texas. This is based on the fact that the samples were provided at food shows around the state, meaning the data reflects feedback from individuals who attended those food shows within Texas. Generalizing the results to consumers outside of Texas or to the entire country would not be appropriate, as their preferences and behaviors may differ significantly.