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Question 1 A restaurant surveys its patrons to pick their favorite item on the menu. What is the level of measurement of the data? That is correct! Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio Content attri bution-... Opens a dialog Question 2 Given that Cheryl is collecting data on car color, what type of data is she working with? That is correct! qualitative discrete quantitative continuous quantitative none of the above Content attribution- Opens a dialog Question 3 A regional airline service advertises that their average ticket price is $60. Given that their ticket prices are $14, $85, $94, and $107, why is this statistic misleading? That is correct!The statistic contains a calculation error. The sample is biased. The sample size is insufficient. The data contains an outlier. Content attribution- Opens a dialog Question 4 When considering different sampling methods, cluster sampling includes the steps: _______. That is correct! identify individuals of the population that are easily accessible; obtain data from these individuals list the members of the population; use simple random sampling to select a starting point in the population; let k = (number of individuals in the population)/(number of individuals needed in the sample); choose every kth individual in the list starting with the one that was randomly selected divide the population into groups; use simple random sampling to identify a proportionate number of individuals from each group use simple random sampling to select a set of groups; every individual in the chosen groups is included in the sample Content attribution- Opens a dialog Question 5 Gloria collected data from a random sample of 1200 students in her school district asking whether or not they read more than one book per month. Based on the results, she reports that 35% of the students in all state schools read more than one book per month. Why is this statistic misleading?That is correct! The data contains an outlier. The sample size is insufficient. The sample is biased. The statistic contains a calculation error. Content attribution- Opens a dialog Question 6 Which of the following scenarios contain biased samples? Select all that apply. That's not right.  To estimate the mean number of sales that coworkers take at his company, Benjamin collects data from a randomly selected proportionate number of coworkers from each company site.   Howard wants to estimate the mean cost of waste in his company. He collects data by recording waste from the first process step.   To estimate the political party distribution of residents in his state, Sean collects data from a large group [Show More]

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