The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population is called a

An opinion poll is when a pollster (the person who is conducting the specific poll) ask the same question to many people in order to identify a certain behavior or opinion about something, sometimes a small group is selected for the poll to represent a whole of population.

the question deals with financial planning and the answer is that dan did not stay on budget due to the fact that this guy needs to start decreasing his discretionary spending. according to the financial plan, he needed to balance his expenses and resources.

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