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    Beer In Grocery Stores Reliable Research Firm. Bhavikkumar Patel Dhrumil Shah Anshroop Sidhu Oluwafemi Ayansola Date:28 June 2015 Submitted To: KEVIN MEENS. Executive Summary The purpose of this research study was to find out that consumers who drink beer and who shop at grocery stores which sell beer, will buy different or more food products items, will trial different beers and will buy beer more frequently from grocery stores. Additional objective was to find out if beer drinkers and grocery

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    decision-making purposes. This information is processed from the collected raw data to come up with meaningful conclusions. c). Population refers to a set of unit with common characteristics from which statistical sample is drawn for purposes of obtaining the needed data. The information collected from a sample population can be used by statisticians to develop generalized observations which can be applied to the whole population. 2 a). The difference between continuous and discrete data is that variables in

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    group of 12 students, we want to select a random sample of 4 students to serve on a university committee. How many different random samples of 4 students can be selected? a.|48| b.|20,736| c.|16| d.|495| ANS: D 2. Parameters are a.|numerical characteristics of a sample| b.|numerical characteristics of a population| c.|the averages taken from a sample| d.|numerical characteristics of either a sample or a population| ANS: B 3. How many simple random samples of size 3 can be selected from a population

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    size is children aged eleven to sixteen residing in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. I have employed a sample size of thirty male and thirty female students aged eleven to sixteen; I had chosen this sample size because I had identified a calculation which would be perfect on helping to have a range of participants and therefore I could have a good medium sized sample, my research indicated that the average pupils enrolled at a secondary school is roughly three point six million pupils

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    Random Sampling Types The probability is one of the sampling techniques of choosing the equivalent elements. These are specified as random sampling. The sampling is helped to develop the sampling frame; it selects the elements as randomly. The sampling can be done through the replacement. The random sampling assumption can be accomplished by the Middle Limit Theory. Random Sampling:definition: The group of independent of options is known as random sampling. The random sampling has analogous

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    employment goals? Answer: These answers would vary also because my assumptions that the work study would be somewhat helpful for future employment. Respond using the following scale: 1. not at all, 2 somewhat, 3 very (a) Suppose you take random samples from the following groups: freshmen, sophomores,

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    Statistics 1. Explain the difference between a population and a sample. A population is the entire group to be studied and a sample is a portion of the population. 2. Explain the difference between a parameter and a statistic. A statistic is a numerical summary of a sample and a parameter is a numerical summary of a population. 3. What is Descriptive Statistics and how is it used? Descriptive statistics describes the results of a sample without making conclusions of the population. 4. What

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    A convenience sample is made up of people who are easy to reach. The main types of probability sampling methods are simple random sampling, stratified sampling, cluster sampling, multistage sampling, and systematic random sampling. The key benefit of probability sampling methods is that they guarantee that the sample chosen is representative of the population. This ensures Simple random sampling. Simple random sampling refers to any sampling method that has the

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    Traditional techniques for sampling and estimating population characteristics require that sample selection is done with a known probability. However, for a hard to reach population this is impossible. There is no list or registry from which to create a sampling frame or if there is a list, a random sampling can yield low number of eligible respondents since it’s often non-representative of the intended target population.1 In addition, it can be extremely difficult to locate members of this population

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    Questions and Responses 1) Describe Platt’s methods of strong inference. How does this method guide research programmes in terms of accuracy of conclusions, efficiency of resources and utility of planning for future research? Platt’s methods of strong inference are post-positivism. He asserts that counter productivity can occur when a single theory is adhered to and attachment occurs. The single theory method lacks efficiency and can be subject to confirmation bias. Strong inference is the method

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