Sampling and Data Homework
Solve these problems, then check your answers against the given solutions.
Solutions to Exercises
a. quantitative - discrete
b. quantitative - continuous
c. qualitative
d. quantitative - continuous
e. quantitative - discrete
f. qualitative
g. qualitative
h. quantitative - continuous i. quantitative - continuous
j. quantitative - discrete
b. 5.00%
c. 93.33%
a. Children who take ski and snowboard lessons
b. A group of these children
c. The population average
d. The sample average
e. X = the age of one child who takes the first ski or snowboard lesson
f. A value for X, such as 3, 7, etc.
a. The clients of the insurance companies
b. A group of the clients
c. The average yearly health costs of the all health insurance clients
d. The average yearly health costs of the clients in the sample
e. X = the health insurance cost for a year for one client
f. A value for X, such as $140, $725, $2143 etc.
a. All the clients of the counselor
b. A group of the clients
c. The proportion of all her clients who stay married
d. The proportion of the sample who stay married
e. X = the number of couples who stay married
f . yes, no- a. All people (maybe in a certain geographic area, such as the United States)
b. A group of the people
c. The proportion of all people who will buy the product
d. The proportion of the sample who will buy the product
e. X = the number of people who will buy it
f. buy, not buy - D
- B
a. Convenience
b. Cluster
c. Stratified
d. Systematic
e. Simple Random