Concept explainers
(a)
To explain why it wouldn’t be practical for scientists to obtain an SRS in this setting.
(a)
Explanation of Solution
It wouldn’t be practical for scientists to obtain an SRS in this setting because the sample is too large and conducting a fair and appropriate SRS would be too time-consuming and costly.
(b)
To explain why the sampling method given in the question biased.
(b)
Explanation of Solution
This is biased because it does not give every tree an equal opportunity of being sampled since only the trees on the border are being sampled and the trees on the interior are left out.
(c)
To identify can scientists conclude that
(c)
Answer to Problem 5.32E
No.
Explanation of Solution
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