Author Question: Suppose you knew that most samples were likely to provide an answer that is within 10 of the ... (Read 61 times)

fahad · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

Suppose you knew that most samples were likely to provide an answer that is within 10 of the population value. What would also be true in that case?
a. The population value should be within 10 of whatever our specific sample gave us.
b. 10 of the population values should be close to whatever our specific sample gave us.
c. The chance that a specific sample answer is correct (equal to the population value) is 90.
d. All of the above statements are true.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is false?
a. Sample results will always be very close to their respective population values.
b. Sample results vary from one sample to the next.
c. The key to interpreting statistical results is to understand what kind of dissimilarity we should expect to see in various samples from the same population.
d. None of the above statements are false.