Aradio talk show host asked listeners to respond either yes or no to the question, "is the candidate who spends the most on a campaign the most likely to win? " fifteen people called in and nine said yes. what is the implied population?

The radio talk listeners

The reason why the "radio talk listeners" would be the correct answer is because this would be the "implied population".

The implied population is a group of people that's part of the "data".

In this case, the listeners are the one's that called the talk show host, due to the fact that they're listening in on the radio and hear what the talk show host told them to do.

They would be part of the "data" they the talk show host is collecting.

The data would be the 9 people that said yes, 6 people saying no, and 15 total callers.

All in all, the radio talk listeners are the implied population because they were the one's that are part of the "data" that the radio talk show host is collecting from the phone calls they received.

d. i assume the underlined word is "role." reformat if it isn't.

explanation:

role is closest to part because when replacing words, "playing a vital decision," "playing a vital activity," and "playing a vital dollar" don't make logical sense. the only meaningful choice is "playing a vital part."

this fits one of merriam-webster's definitions of role: "a function or part performed especially in a particular operation or process."