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Identify the scenarios in which the statistics are misleading. A supermarket claims that 65% of its shoppers would like to see home delivery offered. They arrived at the conclusion by polling 50 randomly selected customers on a Tuesday afternoon.
A report by a company that manufactures hair brushes says 56% of people who buy their brushes own only one hair brush. The conclusion comes from a survey of 500 males who bought the company's brush.
A website claims that 47% of its visitors click on at least one advertisement while browsing the site. The information was collected from a database containing all the activity on the website during the past month.
A music store owner claims that about 15% of high school students in his city can play the piano. He concludes this after surveying 80 randomly selected students from the various high schools in his city.
A clothing store claims that 45% of its customers prefer skinny jeans over regular jeans. They concluded this from a survey which asked 120 randomly selected teenage customers which style they prefer.

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