Loose Leaf Version For Elementary Statistics
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781260373523
Author: William Navidi Prof., Barry Monk Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 44E
The tax man cometh: The Internal Revenue Service wants to sample 1000 tax returns that were submitted last year to determine the percentage of returns that had a refund. Describe a sampling method that would be appropriate in this situation. Explain your reasoning.
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Loose Leaf Version For Elementary Statistics
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