MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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Author: Peter Tannenbaum
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Chapter 14, Problem 17E
Exercise17 through 20 refer to the following story: The city of Cleansburg has 8325 registered voters. There is an election for mayor of Cleansburg, and there are three candidates for the position: Smith, Jones, and Brown. The day before the election a telephone poll of 680 randomly chosen registered voters produced the following results: 306 people surveyed indicated that they would vote for Smith, 272 indicated that they would vote for Jones and 102 indicated that they would vote for Brown.
a. Describe the population for this survey.
b. Describe the sample for this survey.
c. Name the sampling method used for this survey.
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MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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