A researcher wished to gauge public opinion on gun control. He randomly selected 1000people from among registered voters and asked them the following question: "Do you believe that gun control laws which restrict the abilities of Americans to protect their families should be eliminated?" Identify the abuse of statistics and suggest a way the researcher's methods could be improved.

2. For Americans using library services, the American Library Association claims that at most 70% of patrons borrow books. The library director in Owensboro, Kentucky feels this is not true, so she asked a local college statistic class to conduct a survey. The class randomly selected 100 patrons and found that 85 borrowed books. Did the class demonstrate that the percentage was higher in Owensboro, KY? Use a = 0.01 level of significance. What is the possible proportion of patrons that do borrow books from the Owensboro Library?

Alcohol abuse has been described by college presidents as the number one problem on campus, and it is an important cause of death in young adults.  How common is it?  A survey of 10,904 randomly selected U.S. college students collected information on drinking behavior and alcohol-related problems.  The researchers defined “frequent binge drinking” as having five or more drinks in a row three or more times in the past two weeks.  According to this definition, 2486 students were classified as frequent binge drinkers.  Construct and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of students who are classified as binge drinkers. (Use the four-step process and Table A to get your z* value.)   Using the interval that you calculated in the last question, conclude in context for the question.

A psychologist wanted to know if students in her class were more likely to cheat if they were low achievers. She divided her 60 students into three groups (low, middle, and high) based on their mean exam score on the previous three tests. She then asked them to rate how likely they were to cheat on an exam if the opportunity presented itself with a very limited chance for consequences. The students rated their desire to cheat on a scale ranging from 1-100, with lower numbers indicating less desire to cheat.   Before opening the data, what would you hypothesize about this research question?   Open the data set. Before running any statistical analyses, glance through the data. Do you think that your hypothesis will be supported?   Conduct descriptive analyses and report them here.   Conduct a one-way ANOVA. Report your statistical findings (including any applicable tables in APA format) here.   What would you conclude from this analysis? What would be your next steps, if this…

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2) A researcher suspects that there is a relationship between substance use and sexual activity among single college students.  What statistical analysis tests would you use for this?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the official unemployment rate for Black people was 10.4% and 4.7% for White people in February 2015. Select all correct answers for this question. O The samples of white and black people are independent. The explanatory variable is the unemployment rate. The response variable is the unemployment rate. The response variable is race.

What's the difference between naturalistic observation and systematic observation?

In order to estimate the proportion of students at a small liberal arts college who watch reality TV for more than 4 hours per week, a random sample of students at the school is selected and each is interviewed about his or her reality TV viewing habits. The students conducting the survey are worried that people that watch reality TV might be embarrassed to admit it and that they may not respond to the survey with honest answers. What type of bias are the students conducting the survey worried about? Measurement or response bias They shouldn't worry--there is no obvious source of bias. Selection bias Nonresponse bias

1. If you wanted to conduct a survey to determine the mean shoe size of American adults, how could you collect the data to ensure that you had a simple random sample?