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Cold Stone...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 11AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 12AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 13AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 14AYUCh. 1.5 - Vocabulary and Skill Building 15. Suppose you are...Ch. 1.5 - Vocabulary and Skill Building 16. To determine the...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 17AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 18AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 19AYUCh. 1.5 - 20. Order of the Questions Consider the following...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 21AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 22AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 23AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 24AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 25AYUCh. 1.5 - 26. Current Population Survey In the federal...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 27AYUCh. 1.5 - 28. Write Your Own Survey Develop a survey that...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 29AYUCh. 1.5 - 30. Wording Survey Questions Write a survey...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 31AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 32AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 33AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 34AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 35AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 36AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 37AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 38AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 39AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 40AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 41AYUCh. 1.5 - Prob. 42AYUCh. 1.5 - 43. Suppose a survey asks, "Do you own any CDs?"...Ch. 1.5 - 44. 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List and explain the three sources of bias in...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9RECh. 1 - Prob. 10RECh. 1 - Prob. 11RECh. 1 - Prob. 12RECh. 1 - Prob. 13RECh. 1 - In Problems 14 and 15, determine whether the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 15RECh. 1 - Prob. 16RECh. 1 - Prob. 17RECh. 1 - Prob. 18RECh. 1 - Prob. 19RECh. 1 - In Problems 20 and 21, determine whether the study...Ch. 1 - Prob. 21RECh. 1 - Prob. 22RECh. 1 - Prob. 23RECh. 1 - Prob. 24RECh. 1 - In Problems 23–26, determine the type of sampling...Ch. 1 - Prob. 26RECh. 1 - Prob. 27RECh. 1 - Prob. 28RECh. 1 - Prob. 29RECh. 1 - Prob. 30RECh. 1 - Prob. 31RECh. 1 - Prob. 32RECh. 1 - Prob. 33RECh. 1 - Prob. 34RECh. 1 - Prob. 35RECh. 1 - Prob. 36RECh. 1 - Prob. 37RECh. 1 - Prob. 38RECh. 1 - Prob. 39RECh. 1 - 1. 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