Paige DeMarco is the Vice President for University Advancement at State University. She is responsible for the capital campaign to raise money for the new student services building. Paige plans to target alumni and acquires her sampling frame from the State University Office of Alumni Relations. She intends to contact these individuals regarding possible donations. She randomly selects the sixth name as a starting point and then selects every 100th subsequent name (106, 206, 306, etc.). Her sample is a _________.

Q: What is the Sample Skewness for the following numbers: 168, 81, 97, 79, 81, 146, 2, 136, 118

A: Solution Given That, What is the Sample Skew ness for the following numbers: 168, 81, 97, 79, 81,…

Q: d. A courtroom has 50 people who are asked to serve on jury duty. The clerk's computer selects 12…

A: Simple random sampling: Simple random sampling is defined as a method of sampling in which, a sample…

Q: The city of Raleigh has 6800 registered voters. There are two candidates for city council in an…

A: Given : telephone poll of 500 randomly selected registered voters was conducted. 208 said they'd…

Q: There are 88 students at the dance studio and 10 of them will be selected at random for cleaning…

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Q: Which type of sampling method is used in the following? 20 people from each dorm are asked to fill…

A: In simple random sampling, the samples are chosen at random from the whole population. In cluster…

Q: Pablo randomly picks five marbles from a bag of eleven marbles (six red ones, three green ones, and…

A: According to the combination rule, if r distinct items are to be chosen from n items without…

Q: entering your work cafeteria and are approached by an individual to participate in their study by…

A: Given that  You are entering your work cafeteria and are approached by an individual to participate…

Q: Nationally, 83% of Americans have earned a high school diploma.  We want to see if the proportion of…

A: We have to find sample proportion.

Q: A researcher is comparing average home values in four California cities. She assigns one of her four…

A: Sampling is a technique in which a group of data is selected from an entire population.

Q: As part of the SPC Reads initiative, Prof. Rosengarten needs to find out what the 10 most popular…

A: Stratified sampling: If the population is divided into differnt strat's and then randomly selected…

Q: The head of a state education department wants to see how high school students feel about the new…

A: The head of a state education department wants to see how high school students feel about the new…

Q: A graduate student wants to know which campus dining option undergraduate students prefer across the…

A: Here, the graduate student randomly selected 10 students from each residence hall across the…

Q: Identify the population and sample in this study.

A: The director of a nationwide car rental company chooses at random 500 people age 60 or older from…

Q: You need to select a simple random sample of three from nine friends who will participate in a…

A: Random number table:Here, there are 9 friends and has been assigned a number from 1 to 9. A simple…

Q: plants in his garden into 10 regions.  He counts the number of sunflowers produced in just one of…

A: We have given that,  Farmer Josh separates his sunflower plants in his garden into 10 regions.  He…

Q: Suppose you are the president of the student government. You wish to conduct a survey to determine…

A: Given: The administration provides us with a list of names and phone numbers of 731 registered…

Q: Identify what type of random or nonrandom sampling technique is used. Minority of senators are to…

A: Given that minority of senators are to be interviewed. So this implies that a group/type of senators…

Q: A girl played secret santa with 7 others, she let them all pick the chits first and she took the…

A: Given, total=8 people

Q: Give the sample statistic for the proportion of voters surveyed who said they'd vote for Brown

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Q: Determine which Group Person Sample is being used in the following Scenarios.   Principal Fuller…

A: Here we want to know which sampling method is used .

Q: A Mayor’s Candidate’s political campaign would like to determine the popularity of their candidate…

A: It is one of the non-probability sampling techniques in which the selection of the sample units is…

Q: A researcher is collecting data on college students who go to school in Ohio. If she organizes the…

A: Solution  A convience sampling is the technique of drawing the sample when the researcher dram the…

Q: Mr. Foster is a librarian at Central Library. In examining a random sample of the library's book…

A: The number of books had no damage (x) is 814.

Q: Prof. Badalian wants to know the ages of moviegoers who go to see Star Wars. If he survey everyone,…

A: Systematic sampling can be defined as selecting the sample from  the large population according to…

Q: n IQ test is designed so that the mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 16 for the population of…

A: Given: μ=100, σ=16 and SE=8.   The formula of standard error is SE=zσn

Q: Renee works as a quality control officer at a lumber yard. She selects every 200th two-by-four that…

A: In systematic sampling we divide the population in N equal sub population then we select every kth…

Q: Name the sampling method in the following situation: A curling coach wants to know if his team…

A: option (A) simple random sampling is the correct answer

Q: A college administrator wants to survey 250 students that attend her college to see if students are…

A: Simple definitions of given sampling techniques : (a) Cluster Sampling : Surveying all individuals…

Q: Draw a histogram to show candidate A got 32 votes, candidate B got 10 votes and candidate C got 20…

A: Given that Candidate A got 32 votes, candidate B got 10 votes and candidate C got 20 votes.

Q: Identify the sampling techniques​ used, and discuss potential sources of bias​ (if any). Explain.…

A: In simple random sampling, each of the unit is population has equal chance of being selected in the…

Q: A geography student in Parkville, Missouri is conducting a housing survey, including questions about…

A: It is given that she knows that about 38% of the people in Parkville live in apartments, and wants…

Q: Mike’s pizza company is searching for a new specialty pizza to add to their menu.  Five specialty…

A: Solution-: We want to find that what type of sampling method use in given scenario.

Q: Based on this sample, we could expect _____ of the 6,000 registered voters to vote for Brown.…

A: Given that Sample size n = 350 Number of voters to vote for Brown = 151 Number of voters to vote for…

Q: A public opinion poll in Ohio wants to determine whether registered voters in the state approve of a…

A: A public opinion poll in Ohio wants to determine whether registered voters in the state approve of a…

Q: Name the type of sampling: Ashley got a list of all the students in the school and used a random…

A: Name the type of sampling: Ashley got a list of all the students in the school and used a random…

Q: For a school project, 3 students need to produce a sample of students at their school.  Which of the…

A: Given: A sample of students for a school project needs to be produced by 3 students.To find: The…

Q: Tetyana obtains a list of all of the students in the school. She selects every 10th student from the…

A: We know that,  In systematic sampling, we select the 1st unit randomly and then all the remaining…

Q: local fudge company wants to make sure that the assorted pound of fudge is really 16 ounces.  To…

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Q: John F. Kennedy. In one of his books, Ted Sorenson, Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy,…

A: Systematic sampling: Systematic sampling involves first considering a starting point for selecting…

Q: A company lists its employees alphabetically by last name. The company sends a survey to 25 random…

A: Population is the set of all objects of interest. Sample is s subset of the population. It is not…

Types of Bias

Statistics is the study of data collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation. Statistical bias is a characteristic of a statistical technique or its findings in which the expected value deviates from the actual root quantitative parameter being estimated. According to the actual definition of bias, it refers to the tendency of a statistic to overestimate or underestimate a parameter.