Homework Help: statistics

Posted by brian on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 11:22pm.

A college professor decides to run for Congress in a district with 450,000 registered voters. In a survey she commissioned, 58% of the 4000 registered voters interviewed indicated that they plan to vote for her. The population of interest is the:
A. 450,000 registered voters in the district
B. 42% or 1,680 voters interviewed who plan not to vote for her
C. 58% or 2,320 voters interviewed who plan to vote for her
D. 4,000 registered voters interviewed

statistics - MathGuru, Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 9:53am
Here's a hint: 4,000 registered voters is the sample size. Can you now determine the population of interest?
statistics - Jannel, Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 2:39pm
Is it really A?
statistics - MathGuru, Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 8:02pm
Yes.

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