6.2.6 In a survey of introductory statistics students, an in- structor asked her students to report how many Facebook friends they had. Suppose that the intent is to study whether there is an association between number of Facebook friends and a person's sex.

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6.2.6 In a survey of introductory statistics students, an in-
structor asked her students to report how many Facebook
friends they had. Suppose that the intent is to study whether
there is an association between number of Facebook friends
and a person's sex.
Transcribed Image Text:6.2.6 In a survey of introductory statistics students, an in- structor asked her students to report how many Facebook friends they had. Suppose that the intent is to study whether there is an association between number of Facebook friends and a person's sex.
a. Identify whether the study is an experiment or an obser-
vational study. Explain.
b. Identify the observational units.
c. Identify the explanatory and response variables. Also,
for each variable identify whether it is categorical or
quantitative.
Transcribed Image Text:a. Identify whether the study is an experiment or an obser- vational study. Explain. b. Identify the observational units. c. Identify the explanatory and response variables. Also, for each variable identify whether it is categorical or quantitative.
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