In 2000, the chairman of a California ballot initiative campaign to add "none of the above" to the list of ballot options in all candidate races was quite critical of a Field poll that showed his measure trailing by 10 percentage. points. The poll was based on a random sample of 1000 registered voters in California. He is quoted by the Associated Presst as saying, "Field's sample in that poll equates to one out of 17,505 voters," and he added that this was so dishonest that Field should get out of the polling business! If you worked on the Field poll, how would you respond to this criticism? O It is not the proportion of voters that is important, but the number of voters in the sample, and 1000 voters is an adequate number. O It is the proportion of voters that is important, not the number of voters in the sample, and 1 out of every 17,505 voters is an adequate proportion.

In 2000, the chairman of a California ballot initiative campaign to add "none of the above" to the list of ballot options in all candidate races was quite critical of a Field poll that showed his measure trailing by 10 percentage. points. The poll was based on a random sample of 1000 registered voters in California. He is quoted by the Associated Presst as saying, "Field's sample in that poll equates to one out of 17,505 voters," and he added that this was so dishonest that Field should get out of the polling business! If you worked on the Field poll, how would you respond to this criticism? O It is not the proportion of voters that is important, but the number of voters in the sample, and 1000 voters is an adequate number. O It is the proportion of voters that is important, not the number of voters in the sample, and 1 out of every 17,505 voters is an adequate proportion.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.4: Collecting Data

Problem 3E

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