Local government officials would like to know if city residents are generally satisfied with the cleanliness of local streets and recreation areas. To estimate the level of satisfaction, the officials are considering many methods to collect information. Which of the following methods would not provide a voluntary response sample?
A statistics student considered many methods for collecting data from adults to estimate support for lowering the voting age to 16 years old. Which of the following methods would be least likely to include sampling bias?
To attract business, a clothing store mails discount coupons to local residents. To estimate the proportion of the store’s shoppers who are using the coupons, the store manager selects a random sample of 100 customers who visit the store on a weekend. The manager finds that 38 of them are using the coupons mailed to their homes. Which of the following describes the population in this setting?
A community group would like to raise funds to pay for improvements to the community swimming pool. The group’s leaders are considering a number of methods to assess community interest in raising funds. Which of the following uses convenience sampling?
To estimate the mean number of text messages sent by cell-phone users, a researcher chooses a location on a college campus in the city and surveys the first 50 people who walk past. These subjects are asked how many text messages they have sent in the past 24 hours. Is it likely that bias will be present in the sample?
To attract business, a clothing store mails discount coupons to residents of a town. To estimate the proportion of the store’s shoppers who are using the coupons, the store manager selects a random sample of 100 customers who visit the store on a weekend. The manager finds that 38 of them are using the coupons mailed to their homes. Which of the following describes the sample in this setting?
How far do US workers travel to get to their jobs? To estimate the average distance workers travel, a website includes a survey where adults can share their daily commute distance. What are the population and sample in this setting?
How far do US workers travel to get to their jobs? A researcher would like to collect information on the commute distance traveled by workers and considers many methods for collecting data. Which of the following methods represents a voluntary response sample?
Researchers would like to assess the overall health of white pine trees in a state park. Which of the following methods for choosing the trees to assess would be considered a convenience sample?
An automotive website would like to estimate the percentage of drivers who own their cars, rather than lease their cars. Which of these survey methods would not provide a convenience sample to estimate the percentage who own their cars?
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