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(1.13) STEM experiences for girls. The National Science

Foundation (NSF) promotes girls' participation in informal

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

programs. What has been the impact of these informal

STEM experiences? This was the question of interest in the

published study Cascading Influences: Long-Term Impacts

of Informal STEM Experiences for Girls (Mar. 2013). A

sample of 159 young women who recently participated in a

STEM program were recruited to complete an online sur-

vey. Of these, only 27% felt that participation in the STEM

program increased their interest in science.

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a. Identify the population of interest to the researchers.

brs b. Identify the sample.

c. Use the information in the study to make an inference

Xem on about the relevant population.