A sociologist is interested in the opinion of Minnesota teachers on the recent labor union law passed by Wisconsin lawmakers. a. What is the experimental unit? Ans: Sociologist is interested in the opinion of teachers, each teacher in the given area have an equal chance of expressing his/her views so each will be considered as an experimental unit.   b. What is the population? Ans: The population under study consists of all the experimental units. So population for this study is the number of all teachers of the given state.   c. What are the variables relevant to this study? Classify them as continuous, discrete, nominal, or ordinal. Ans: d. Basic information of each sampling unit. Like  Name: (Can stay anonymous)  Age: (Type: Scale (Continuous)  Gender: (Categorical - Nominal)  School or College: (Can stay anonymous)   e. Explain how you would select a sample for this study. Explain pros and cons of your method.   Ans: Simple random reasoning because the subjects are all teachers and they are almost on the same page, so we can assume they are like a uniform population.                           Cons: teachers from all locations might not get the chance.

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  1. A sociologist is interested in the opinion of Minnesota teachers on the recent labor union law passed by Wisconsin lawmakers.

a. What is the experimental unit?

Ans:

Sociologist is interested in the opinion of teachers, each teacher in the given area have an equal chance of expressing his/her views so each will be considered as an experimental unit.

 

b. What is the population?

Ans:

The population under study consists of all the experimental units. So population for this study is the number of all teachers of the given state.

 

c. What are the variables relevant to this study? Classify them as continuous, discrete, nominal, or ordinal.

Ans:

d. Basic information of each sampling unit. Like

 Name: (Can stay anonymous)

 Age: (Type: Scale (Continuous)

 Gender: (Categorical - Nominal)

 School or College: (Can stay anonymous)

 

e. Explain how you would select a sample for this study. Explain pros and cons of your method.

 

Ans:

Simple random reasoning because the subjects are all teachers and they are almost on the same page, so we can assume they are like a uniform population.

 

                        Cons: teachers from all locations might not get the chance.

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