A researcher is interested in examining the voting behavior of individuals in a small town. He contacted those eligible to vote to set up interviews with them. Of the people living in the town 7000 are eligible to vote. The researcher contacted 5000 of them; 5% of those contacted agreed to an interview with the researcher. What is the population?
Everyone in the small town.
The 7000 eligible voters.
The 5000 individuals contacted.
The 250 individuals who were interviewed.
None of the above.
The 7000 eligible voters.
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