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Chapter 14, Problem 33(choose chapter or problem)
Exercises 33 and 34 refer to the following story: An orange grower wishes to compute the average yield from his orchard. The orchard contains three varieties of trees: 50% of his trees are of variety A, 25% of variety B, and 25% of variety C.a) Suppose that the grower samples randomly from 300trees of variety A, 150 trees of variety B, and 150 treesof variety C. What type of sampling is being used? (b) Suppose that the grower selects for his sample a 10 by30 rectangular block of 300 trees of variety A, a 10 by15 rectangular block of 150 trees of variety B, and a 10by 15 rectangular block of 150 trees of variety C. Whattype of sampling is being used?
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Exercises 33 and 34 refer to the following story: An orange grower wishes to compute the average yield from his orchard. The orchard contains three varieties of trees: 50% of his trees are of variety A, 25% of variety B, and 25% of variety C.a) Suppose that the grower samples randomly from 300trees of variety A, 150 trees of variety B, and 150 treesof variety C. What type of sampling is being used? (b) Suppose that the grower selects for his sample a 10 by30 rectangular block of 300 trees of variety A, a 10 by15 rectangular block of 150 trees of variety B, and a 10by 15 rectangular block of 150 trees of variety C. Whattype of sampling is being used?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
(a) The conclusions of a survey apply to a group called the target population. The sampling frame refers to the population from which the sample is taken. In an ideal situation, the sampling frame is equal to the population being studied.