A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what...
A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what one thing they are most likely to do when they are home sick with a cold or the flu. In the survey, 62% said that they are most likely to sleep and 17% said that they would watch television. Although the sample size was not reported, typically opinion polls include approximately 1,000 randomly selected respondents a. Assuming a sample size of 1,000 for this...
A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what one thing they are most likely to do when they are home sick with a cold or the flu. In the survey, 64% said that they are most likely to sleep and 13% said that they would watch television. Although the sample size was not reported, typically opinion polls include approximately 1,000 randomly selected respondents. a. Assuming a sample size of 1,000 for this...
A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what one thing they are most likely to do when they are home sick with a cold or the flu. In the survey, 61% said that they are most likely to sleep and 18% said that they would watch television. Although the sample size was not reported, typically opinion polls include approximately 1,000 randomly selected respondents. a. Assuming a sample size of 1,000 for this...
A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what one thing they are most likely to do when they are home sick with a cold or the flu. In the survey, 65% said that they are most likely to sleep and 12% said that they would watch television. Although the sample size was not reported, typically opinion polls include approximately 1,000 randomly selected respondents. a. Assuming a sample size of 1,000 for this...
A newspaper reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what one thing they are most likely to do when they are home sick with a cold or the flu. In the survey, 60% said that they are most likely to sleep and 11% said that they would watch television. Although the sample size was not reported, typically opinion polls include approximately 1,000 randomly selected respondents. a. Assuming a sample size of 1,000 for this...
USA Today (Feb 15. 2007) reported on the results of an opinion poll in which adults were asked what one thing they are most likely to do when they are home sick with a cold or the flu. In the survey, 63% said that they are most likely to sleep and 18% said they would watch television. Although the sample size was not reported, typically opinion polls include approximately 1,000 randomly selected respondents. (a) Assuming a sample size of 1,000...
A poll taken this year asked 1009 adults whether they were fans of a particular sport and 55% said they were. Last year, 56% of a similar-size sample had reported being fans of the sport. a) Find the margin of error for the poll taken this year if one wants 90% confidence in the estimate of the percentage of adults who are fans of the sport. b) If one wanted to be 85% confident instead of 90% confident, would the...
A magazine provided results from a poll of 1000 adults who were asked to identify their favorite pie. Among the1000 respondents, 13% chose chocolate pie, and the margin of error was given as ±5 percentage points. Given specific sample data, which confidence interval is wider: the 90% confidence interval or the 80% confidence interval? Why is it wider? Group of answer choices A. An 80% confidence interval must be wider than a 90% confidence interval in order to be more...
A magazine provided results from a poll of 1000 adults who were asked to identify their favorite pie. Among the 1000 respondents, 12% chose chocolate pie, and the margin of error was given as ±4 percentage points. Describe what is meant by the statement that "the margin of error was given as +4 percentage points." Choose the correct answer below. 0 A. The statement indicates that the true population percentage of people that prefer chocolate pie is in the interval...
A magazine provided results from a poll of 2000 adults who were asked to identify their favorite pie. Among the 2000 respondents, 14% chose chocolate pie, and the margin of error was given as 14 percentage points. Describe what is meant by the statement that "the margin of error was given as 14 percentage points." Choose the correct answer below. А O A. The statement indicates that the interval 14% 14% is likely to contain the true population percentage of...