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nramada

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on: Jul 24, 2018
Which of the following is not a misuse of statistics?
 a. Taking a statistic out of context.
  b. Neglecting to take the proper units into account (such as crime rate vs. number of crimes).
  c. Reporting a number that you didn't expect.
  d. All of these are examples of misleading statistics.

Question 2

Suppose you want to conduct a survey to determine who is most likely to win the next presidential election. Which of the following would be considered to be a representative (unbiased) sample?
 a. 1,000 likely voters who called in to a local radio talk show.
  b. 1,000 likely voters who returned surveys sent to everyone on a Democrat or Republican newsletter mailing list.
  c. 1,000 likely voters who replied to an Internet website survey.
  d. None of these would be considered to be representative samples.


lkoler

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D


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