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Title: In 2004, exit polls on the day of the election showed presidential candidate John Kerry ahead of ...
Post by: Chelseaamend on May 5, 2020

Question 1

A census is taken of the 35 gasoline stations in the Middletown area. The mean price of a gallon of gas from this study is $1.24. The value $1.24 is
◦ a statistic.
◦ a population.
◦ an N-value.
◦ a parameter.
◦ none of these

Question 2

In 2004, exit polls on the day of the election showed presidential candidate John Kerry ahead of George W. Bush. Later, it was found that those that voted for Bush were less interested in answering exit polls than other voters. This fact illustrates that the 2004 presidential exit polls were flawed because
◦ the sampling proportion was too small.
◦ of  sampling variability.
◦ they were not a stratified survey.
◦ of non-response bias.
◦ the sample size was too small.

Title: In 2004, exit polls on the day of the election showed presidential candidate John Kerry ahead of ...
Post by: jrpg123456 on May 5, 2020

Answer 1

a parameter.

Answer 2

of non-response bias.