BUSI 230 and MATH 201 Connect Exercises 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.3 week 1 answers complete

Question 1 Determine whether the number described is a statistic or a parameter. According to a sample of college students, the average amount of sleep they get each night is 6.2 hours. Question 2 In a recent poll, 57% of the respondents supported a school bond issue. In a survey of voters, 77% plan to vote for the incumbent. Question 3 Identify the kind of sample that is described. A football coach asks the players who have not yet left the locker room for their opinion on a new logo. The sample is a sample. A pollster walks around an electronics store and asks customers about high-speed Internet rates. Question 4 A student artist randomly selected two media from among: charcoal sketches, pencil drawings, and oil paintings, and then submitted all of her works in that media for a gallery showing. Five placement exam testing locations were selected at random and all students at those locations were asked their opinion about the new calculator guidelines. A researcher randomly selects 5 local fast food restaurants and then asks all school age children at those restaurants their opinion on the new town curfew. Question 5 A salary committee for a Midwestern college receives the list of employees ranked by employee number and then selects every 15th employee to be asked about the proposed benefit package. The student government association at a certain college assigns a number to each student enrolled, puts the numbers in order, and then draws a sample that consists of every 25th student to ask about a new grading policy. Police at a sobriety checkpoint pull over every fifth car to determine whether the driver is sober. Question 6 The student government association at a certain college draws a random sample of 20 freshmen, a random sample of 20 sophomores, a random sample of 30 juniors, and a random sample of 30 seniors to ask their opinion about a new grading policy. A student artist selected a random sample of 8 charcoal sketches, a random sample of 3 pencil drawings, and a random sample of 4 oils for a gallery showing. Question 7 A football coach sends a tweet to his players asking them to comment on the new logo. The student government association at a certain college places an ad in the student newpaper inviting students to call them and give their opinion about a new grading policy. Question 8 A salary committee for a Midwestern college uses a random number generator to select 40 employees based on their employee number and asks them questions about the proposed benefit package. A caterer is choosing menu items for their next year. She assigns each potential menu item a number and uses a random number generator to select 20 items. Question 9 Determine whether the data described are qualitative or quantitative. Ounces in soda pop bottles. Marital status of nurses in a hospital. Different types of grapes used to make wine. Question 10 Height of skyscrapers. The number of students in an English class. Musical genres. Question 11 Colors of cars in a parking lot. Genres of Monday night TV shows. Reasons for dropping out of college.