Statistics for Business & Economics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781285528830
Author: David R. Anderson
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 1, Problem 18SE
A random telephone survey of 1021 adults (aged 18 and older) was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of CompleteTax, an online tax preparation and e-filing service. The survey results showed that 684 of those surveyed planned to file their taxes electronically (CompleteTax Tax Prep Survey 2010).
- a. Develop a
descriptive statistic that can be used to estimate the percentage of all taxpayers who file electronically. - b. The survey reported that the most frequently used method for preparing the tax return is to hire an accountant or professional tax preparer. If 60% of the people surveyed had their tax return prepared this way. how many people used an accountant or professional tax preparer?
- c. Other methods that the person filing the return often used include manual preparation. use of an online tax service, and use of a software tax program. Would the data for the method for preparing the tax return be considered categorical or quantitative?
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