PRODUCING DATA ASSIGNMENT #1 3rd Period Only

1.)  An opinion poll on the ipad/iphone polled 5,249 persons and asks them, "Will the Occupy Wall Street protests end peacefully?"  In all, 2520 of the 5249 say "yes." What is the sample in this setting?

2.) Describe what a simple random sample means.

3.) You must choose 10 teachers of the total teacher population at Paideia.  How would you label this population in order to use Table 5.1 in your book.  (Note:  You need to figure out how many teachers there are at Paideia)

4.)  Show of Hands Poll asked 501 teenagers whether they approved of legal gambling: 52% said they did. Use the quick method to estimate the margin of error for conclusions about all teenagers. (Note: Discription of this method can be found online or in your book)