Mm207 Midterm Essay

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Name: 1. In the following situation identify the implied population. A recent report on the weekly news presented the findings of a study on the effectiveness of Onglyza, along with diet and exercise, for treating diabetes. Population consists of all diabetic patients. 2. In the following scenario identify the type of statistical study that was conducted. A Gallop poll surveyed 1,018 adults by telephone, and 22% of them reported that they smoked cigarettes within the past week. Observation study. Because the sample population that was studied was not influenced by the researcher themselves. 3. In the following scenario what is the statistic and the parameter it would estimate. A recent study of 460 drivers age 70 and over by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 75% of those drivers had uncorrected vision problems. Statistic is percentage of drivers, 75%, having uncorrected vision problems in the sample of 460 drivers that were studied. The assumed parameter would be the population of drivers that had uncorrected vision that were 70 years old or older. 4. What type of sampling procedure was used to collect the data in the MM207 Student Data Set? Convenience sampling because this was a population that was readily available. With college students you have the ability to pull many data variables from like gender, race, GPA, and hair or eye color as examples. 5. From the MM207 Student Data Set identify one variable that is discrete and one variable that is continuous. Explain your reasoning. How do you know? Discrete:Gender, it takes only specific values, gender only has two, male and female. Continuous:Height in inches, height can take any value within a range. 6. From the MM207 Student Data Set identify the following: A variable measured at the nominal level of measurement. Gender A variable

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