Steroids in baseball A 2008 New York Times article on

Chapter 5, Problem 5.86

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Steroids in baseball A 2008 New York Times article on public opinion about steroid use in baseball discussed the results of a sample survey. Th e survey found that 34% of adults think that at least half of Major League Baseball (MLB) players use steroids to enhance their athletic performance. Another 36% thought that about a quarter of MLB players use steroids; 8% had no opinion. Here is part of the Timess statement on How the Poll Was Conducted: Th e latest New York Times/CBS News Poll is based on telephone interviews conducted March 15 through March 18 with 1,067 adults throughout the United States. . . . Th e sample of telephone numbers called was randomly selected by a computer from a list of more than 42,000 active residential exchanges across the country. Th e exchanges were chosen to ensure that each region of the country was represented in proportion to its population. In each exchange, random digits were added to form a complete telephone number, thus permitting access to listed and unlisted numbers. In each household, one adult was designated by a random procedure to be the respondent for the survey.