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Topic 2: Introductory Definitions & Summarizing Categorical Data
Started: September 3, 2018, 8:13 pm
Last change: September 6, 2018, 3:38 pm
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, 12/17/2018 NKU Imath Assessment
Atitswebsite,apollingcompanypublishesresultsofanewsurveyeachday.Attheendofthesurvey,the
followingparagraphisprintedsummarizinghowtheresultswerecollected.
Resultsarebasedontelephoneinterviewswith1,008nationaladults,aged18andolder,conductedon
April25,2007...Inadditiontosamplingerror,questionwordingandpracticaldifficultiesin
conductingsurveyscanintroduceerrororbiasintothefindingsofpublicopinionpolls.
Usethisinformationtoanswerthefollowing:
a.Forthissurveyidentifythepopulationofinterest.
everyoneinthenationthatis18+yearsold
everyonethatwascalled,whethertheyrespondedornot
everyonethatrespondedtothecall
everyoneinthenation
b.Thecompanyperformsitssurveysbyphoningnumbersgeneratedatrandomfromacomputer
program.Whatisthesamplingframe?
everyonethatdidnothavetheirphonenumbergenerated
everyonethathadtheirphonenumbergenerated
everyonewithatelephone
everyonethatrespondedtothecall
c.Whatproblems,ifany,wouldyoubeconcernedaboutinmatchingthesamplingframewiththe
population?
Somepeopledonothavetelephones.
Somepeoplewerenotavailabletoanswerthecall.
Somepeopleansweredthecall,butchosenottoparticipateinthesurvey.
Answer:everyoneinthenationthatis18+yearsold
Answer:everyonewithatelephone
Answer:Somepeopledonothavetelephones.
Question 1: 3 (parts: 1, 1, 1) out of 3 (parts: 1, 1, 1)in 2 attempt(s)
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Topic 2: Introductory Definitions & Summarizing Categorical Data
Started: September 3, 2018, 8:13 pm
Last change: September 6, 2018, 3:38 pm
Total time questions were on‑screen: 95.9 minutes.
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, 12/17/2018 NKU Imath Assessment
Atitswebsite,apollingcompanypublishesresultsofanewsurveyeachday.Attheendofthesurvey,the
followingparagraphisprintedsummarizinghowtheresultswerecollected.
Resultsarebasedontelephoneinterviewswith1,008nationaladults,aged18andolder,conductedon
April25,2007...Inadditiontosamplingerror,questionwordingandpracticaldifficultiesin
conductingsurveyscanintroduceerrororbiasintothefindingsofpublicopinionpolls.
Usethisinformationtoanswerthefollowing:
a.Forthissurveyidentifythepopulationofinterest.
everyoneinthenationthatis18+yearsold
everyonethatwascalled,whethertheyrespondedornot
everyonethatrespondedtothecall
everyoneinthenation
b.Thecompanyperformsitssurveysbyphoningnumbersgeneratedatrandomfromacomputer
program.Whatisthesamplingframe?
everyonethatdidnothavetheirphonenumbergenerated
everyonethathadtheirphonenumbergenerated
everyonewithatelephone
everyonethatrespondedtothecall
c.Whatproblems,ifany,wouldyoubeconcernedaboutinmatchingthesamplingframewiththe
population?
Somepeopledonothavetelephones.
Somepeoplewerenotavailabletoanswerthecall.
Somepeopleansweredthecall,butchosenottoparticipateinthesurvey.
Answer:everyoneinthenationthatis18+yearsold
Answer:everyonewithatelephone
Answer:Somepeopledonothavetelephones.
Question 1: 3 (parts: 1, 1, 1) out of 3 (parts: 1, 1, 1)in 2 attempt(s)
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