TEST BANK — Business Statistics, 3rd Edition — Robert A. Donnelly — ISBN 9780134685267

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7) Asking customers at the shopping mall about their voting intentions in the upcoming political
election is an example of secondary data.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Keywords: primary data
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Objective: 1.2.1

8) Analyzing unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is an example of using
secondary data.
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Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Keywords: secondary data
Objective: 1.2.1

9) A hotel employee asks customers who are checking out to rate their satisfaction on a scale of
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Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Keywords: primary data
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Objective: 1.2.1

10) Analyzing snowfall amounts in New York over the past 100 years to help predict future
weather patterns is an example of using primary data.
Answer: FALSE
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Diff: 1
Keywords: secondary data
Objective: 1.2.1

11) Bias can occur in a survey when a question is stated in a way that encourages or leads a
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Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Keywords: survey, bias
Objective: 1.2.1
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12) A restaurant manager randomly selects tables at which customers have just been seated and
records the amount of time it takes for the wait staff to greet these customers. This is an example
of an experiment being used to collect data.
Answer: FALSE
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Keywords: direct observation
Objective: 1.2.1




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