Politician A: “Our economy is in the crapper! Thirty states had falling incomes last year.”
Politician B: “Our economy is showing appreciable gains: Seventy percent of Americans had rising incomes last year.”
Question 1:
(a) The population under study is students in the school.
(b) Number of students = 0.5*(500 + 400) = 450
(c) The two-proportion z-test is appropriate here.
Girls = (400/900)*450 = 200
(d) The level of measurement for the students’ response is nominal.
A college has been given a sizable grant: enough to build either a new library or...
Lell given a sizable grant: enough to build either a new library or gymnasium. But, as there is only money enough to build one facility, the president was to ask students which one they feel is in greater need of renovation. Suppose there are 500 male students and 400 female students in the school. a) What is the population under study? (2 points) b) The president wants to randomly ask 50% of the students. How many students woul this be?...
money enough to build one facility, the president wants to ask students which one they feel is in greater need of renovation. Suppose there are 500 male students and 400 female students in the school. a) What is the population under study? (2 points) b) The president wants to randomly ask 50% of the students. How many students would this be? (2 points) c) Now the president wants to keep the correct proportion of female to male students in the...
A college has been given a sizable grant: enough to build either a new library or gymnasium. But, as there is only money enough to build one facility, the president wants to ask students which one they feel is in greater need of renovation. Suppose there are 500 male students and 400 female students in the school. What is the population under study? (2 points) The president wants to randomly ask 50% of the students. How many students would this...
A college has been given a sizable grant: enough to build either a new library or gymnasium. But, as there is only money enough to build one facility, the president wants to ask students which one they feel is in greater need of renovation. Suppose there are 500 male students and 400 female students in the school. What is the population under study? (2 points) The president wants to randomly ask 50% of the students. How many students would this...
1. A college has been given a sizable grant: enough to build either a new library or gymnasium. But, as there is only money enough to build one facility, the presiden wants to ask students which one they feel is in greater need of renovation. Suppose there are 500 male students and 400 female students in the school. a) What is the population under study? (2 points) b) The president wants to randomly ask 50% of the students. How many...
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