Syrus and Shantel are researching what types of novels people prefer. They decide to survey people at the mall. Syrus uses systematic sampling and asks every fifth person at the entrance. He finds that 22% prefer romance novels. Shantel uses convenience sampling and asks every person in only one store. She finds that 44% prefer romance novels. Whose inference do you agree with? Explain. What mistake might the incorrect friend have made? Whose inference do you agree with? Explain. Shantel O Syrus

Race organizers want to survey the participating runners on the quality of the running course. Which of the following uses systematic random sampling? Select the first 15 finishers and the last 15 finishers to take the survey. Randomly select 15% of the male participants and 15% of the female participants. Select the 5th finisher (with the number 5 being randomly chosen) to survey, then survey every 15th finisher after that. Sort all of the runners' names alphabetically, then randomly choose 2 letters and survey all participants whose last name begins with one of those letters.

A coach is interested in how many slam dunks the average college freshman at his university can do. Ten volunteers from the senior class step forward. After observing their performance, the coach concluded that college seniors can do an average of 10 slam dunks in a row without missing. what is the sample? what is the population?

You randomly selected one sample of 40 citizens of your city to see if they wanted to increase taxes for education but you decided that you would do half younger people and half older people. Explain your answers. Is this random sampling?   Is this simple random sampling?

I AM RESUBMITTING THIS QUESTION FOR DIFFERENT PARTS. I NEED THE LAST 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 5, 6, AND 7   Before the furniture store began its ad campaign, it averaged 160 customers per day. The manager is investigating if the average has changed since the ad came out. The data for the 16 randomly selected days since the ad campaign began is shown below:  131, 127, 148, 143, 141, 153, 158, 145, 138, 163, 164, 148, 166, 154, 170, 133 Assuming that the distribution is normal, what can be concluded at the αα = 0.05 level of significance? For this study, we should use Select an answer t-test for a population mean z-test for a population proportion  The null and alternative hypotheses would be:       H0:H0:  ? μ p  Select an answer < = ≠ >         H1:H1:  ? p μ  Select an answer = > ≠ <     The test statistic ? t z  =  (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.) The p-value =  (Please show your answer to 4 decimal places.) The p-value is ? ≤ >  αα Based…

Sample surveys on sensitive issues can give different results depending on how the question is asked. A University of Wisconsin study randomly divided 2400 respondents into three groups. All participants were asked if they had ever used cocaine. One group of 800 was interviewed by phone; 21% said they had used cocaine. Another 800 people were asked the question in a one-on-one personal interview; 25% said “Yes.” The remaining 800 were allowed to make an anonymous written response; 28% said “Yes.”101. Was this an experiment or an observational study? Justify your answer.2. Make a two-way table of responses about cocaine use by how the survey was administered.3. Are the differences between the three groups statistically significant? Give appropriate evidence to support your answer

Identify the type of sample ( Experimental or Observational) Then tell if the sample is biased 5. A researcher wants to select ten students for a survey. Each student’s name is placed in a hat and 10 names are selected.

A hockey coach wants to show that there is no relationship between player attitudes about their most recent loss and the career choice of their father. What sampling method is the hockey coach using?

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Suppose 20% of the students on campus smoke. You select two students at random. In what percentage of samples will both students be smokers?