Wallace asked 30 participants to report on their political affiliation by marking "1" for liberal, "2" for conservative, and "3" for not interested in politics at all. Wallace then calculated from the data he obtained a mean of M = 2.1 for political affiliation in his sample. What one or more things has Wallace done wrong? He has calculated a mean using too small of a sample; this is not enough to make any type of estimate. He has used a measure that is too reliable. He has forgotten to use the population parameter in his calculation. He has calculated an average on nominal data, which does not make sense. No O O Yes O O O

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Wallace asked 30 participants to report on their political affiliation by
marking "1" for liberal, "2" for conservative, and "3" for not interested in
politics at all. Wallace then calculated from the data he obtained a mean
of M = 2.1 for political affiliation in his sample. What one or more things
has Wallace done wrong?
He has calculated a mean
using too small of a
sample; this is not enough
to make any type of
estimate.
He has used a measure
that is too reliable.
He has forgotten to use the
population parameter in his
calculation.
He has calculated an
average on nominal data,
which does not make
sense.
No
O
O
Yes
O
Transcribed Image Text:Wallace asked 30 participants to report on their political affiliation by marking "1" for liberal, "2" for conservative, and "3" for not interested in politics at all. Wallace then calculated from the data he obtained a mean of M = 2.1 for political affiliation in his sample. What one or more things has Wallace done wrong? He has calculated a mean using too small of a sample; this is not enough to make any type of estimate. He has used a measure that is too reliable. He has forgotten to use the population parameter in his calculation. He has calculated an average on nominal data, which does not make sense. No O O Yes O
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