Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (with XLSTAT Education Edition Printed Access Card) (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337115186
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 11SE
In a Gallup telephone survey conducted on April 9-10,2013, the person being interviewed was asked if he would vote for a law in his state that would increase the gas tax up to 20 cents a gallon, with the new gas tax money going to improve roads and bridges and build more mass transportation in his state. Possible responses were vote for, vote against, and no opinion. Two hundred ninety five respondents said they would vote for the law, 672 said they would vote against the law, and 51 said they had no opinion (Gallup website, June 14. 2013).
- a. Do the responses for this question provide categorical or quantitative data?
- b. What was the
sample size for this Gallup poll? - c. What percentage of respondents would vote for a law increasing the gas tax?
- d. Do the results indicate general support for or against increasing the gas tax to improve roads and bridges and build more mass transportation?
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Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (with XLSTAT Education Edition Printed Access Card) (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 1 - 1. Discuss the differences between statistics as...Ch. 1 - 2. Tablet PC Comparison provides a wide variety of...Ch. 1 - 3. Refer to Table 1.6.
What is the average cost...Ch. 1 - 4. Table 1.7 shows data for eight cordless...Ch. 1 - 5. Refer to the data set in Table 1.7.
What is the...Ch. 1 - 6. J.D. Power and Associates surveys new...Ch. 1 - 7. The Kroger Company is one of the largest...Ch. 1 - 8. The Tennessean, an online newspaper located in...Ch. 1 - 9. The Commerce Department reported receiving the...Ch. 1 - 10. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics...
Ch. 1 - 11. In a Gallup telephone survey conducted on...Ch. 1 - 12. The Hawaii Visitors Bureau collects data on...Ch. 1 - Figure 1.10 provides a bar chart showing the...Ch. 1 - The following data show the number of rental cars...Ch. 1 - The U.S. Census Bureau tracks sales per month for...Ch. 1 - 17. A manager of a large corporation recommends a...Ch. 1 - 18. A random telephone survey of 1021 adults (aged...Ch. 1 - 19. A Bloomberg Businessweek North American...Ch. 1 - 20. A survey of 131 investment managers in...Ch. 1 - 21. A seven-year medical research study reported...Ch. 1 - Prob. 22SECh. 1 - Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan polling...Ch. 1 - 24. A sample of midterm grades for five students...Ch. 1 -
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