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Caiter2013

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Briefly describe three types of nonsampling errors.

Question 2

Which of the following cannot have a Poisson distribution?
 a. The length of a movie.
  b. The number of telephone calls received by a switchboard in a specified time period.
  c. The number of customers arriving at a gas station in Christmas day.
  d. The number of bacteria found in a cubic yard of soil.



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Answer to Question 1

a . Errors in data acquisition: Errors that arise from the recording of incorrect responses.
b. Nonresponse error: Errors that arise when responses are not obtained from some members of the sample.
c. Selection bias: Errors that arise when some members of the target population cannot possibly be selected for the sample.

Answer to Question 2

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