A Study Examined a Simple Random Sample of Smokers Who

Multiple Choice

A study examined a simple random sample of smokers who tried to quit smoking by using either a nicotine patch or e-cigarettes. Here is a quote from a news article referencing the study: "Quitting is hard. The number of people who quit (within 6 months) was low overall-just 38 of the 584 smokers given the e-cigarette or the patch." Are the conditions for this inference procedure met?

A) Yes, all the conditions are met.
B) No, there are too few successes.
C) No, the study was not double-blind.
D) No, we do not know the value of the population proportion.