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Solved: Exercises 17 through 20 refer to the following story: The city of Cleansburg has
Chapter 14, Problem 17(choose chapter or problem)
Exercises 17 through 20 refer to the following story: The city of Cleansburg has 8325 registered voters. There is an election for mayor of Cleansburg, and there are three candidates for the position: Smith, Jones, and Brown. The day before the election a telephone poll of 680 randomly chosen registered voters produced the following results: 306 people surveyed indicated that they would vote for Smith, 272 indicated that they would vote for Jones and 102 indicated that they would vote for Brown. (a) Describe the population for this survey. (b) Describe the sample for this survey. (c) Name the sampling method used for this survey.
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QUESTION:
Exercises 17 through 20 refer to the following story: The city of Cleansburg has 8325 registered voters. There is an election for mayor of Cleansburg, and there are three candidates for the position: Smith, Jones, and Brown. The day before the election a telephone poll of 680 randomly chosen registered voters produced the following results: 306 people surveyed indicated that they would vote for Smith, 272 indicated that they would vote for Jones and 102 indicated that they would vote for Brown. (a) Describe the population for this survey. (b) Describe the sample for this survey. (c) Name the sampling method used for this survey.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
(a)The population of a survey means the group from which the sample is taken for the survey. As we know sample is randomly taken from registered voters. So the population for this survey is registered voters of the city.