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14.6: Statistics

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    1.

    1. Population is the current representatives in the state’s congress
    2. 106
    3. the 28 representatives surveyed
    4. 14 out of 28 = \(\frac{1}{2}\) = 50%
    5. We might expect 50% of the 106 representatives = 53 representatives

    3. This suffers from leading question bias

    5. This question would likely suffer from a perceived lack of anonymity

    7. This suffers from leading question bias

    9. Quantitative

    11. Observational study

    13. Stratified sample

    15.

    1. Group 1, receiving the vaccine
    2. Group 2 is acting as a control group. They are not receiving the treatment (new vaccine).
    3. The study is at least blind. We are not provided enough information to determine if it is double-blind.
    4. This is a controlled experiment

    17.

    1. Census
    2. Observational study

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