A sociologist wants to know the proportion of adults with children under the age of 18 that eat dinner together 7 nights a week. A simple random sample of 1, 122 adults with children under the age of 18 was obtained, and 337 of those adults reported eating dinner together with their families 7 nights a week. a. Identify the population of interest. b. Identify the sample of interest. What is the sample size?

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A sociologist wants to know the proportion of adults with children under the age of 18 that eat dinner together 7 nights a week. A simple random sample of 1, 122 adults with children under the age of 18 was obtained, and 337 of those adults reported eating dinner together with their families 7 nights a week.

a. Identify the population of interest.

b. Identify the sample of interest. What is the sample size?

 

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