The General Social Survey on Time Use (GSS, 2010) revealed that among the 12,075 randomly selected...
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a sociological survey used to collect data on demographic characteristics and attitudes of residents of the United States. In 2010, the survey collected responses from 1,154 US residents. The survey is conducted face-to-face with an in-person interview of a randomly selected sample of adults. One of the questions on the survey is “After an average workday, about how many hours do you have to relax or pursue activities that you enjoy?” A 95% confidence...
In 2015 as part of the General Social Survey, 1361 randomly selected American adults responded to this question: “Some countries are doing more to protect the environment than other countries. In general, do you think that America is doing more than enough, about the right amount, or too little?” Of the respondents, 440 replied that America is doing about the right amount. What is the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all American adults who feel that America is...
6.24 In a survey of 2255 randomly selected US adults (age 18 or older), 1787 of them use the Internet regularly. Of the Internet users, 1054 use a social networking site. Find and interpret a 95% confidence interval for each of the following proportions: a) Proportion of US adults who use the internet regularly. b) Proportion of US adult Internet users who use a social networking site. c) Proportion of all US adults who use a social networking site. Use...
The 2010 General Social Survey asked the question: "After an average work day, about how many hours do you have to relax or pursue activities that you enjoy?" to a random sample of 1155 Americans. A 90% confidence interval for the mean number of hours spent relaxing or pursuing activities they enjoy was [1.17, 1.83]. (a) Interpret this interval in context of the data: "There is a 90% chance that the average number of hours spent by Americans relaxing after...
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a survey of approximately 2000 adults conducted each year since 1972, for a total of 38,000 participants. During several years of the GSS, participants were asked how many close friends they have. The mean for this variable is 7.44 friends, with a standard deviation of 10.98. The median is 5.00, and the mode is 4.00. 1. Now pretend that you randomly selected a sample of 80 people from this population, and that it had...
A survey of a random sample of 1000 smartphone owners found that the mean daily time spent communicating on a smart phone was 131.4 minutes if we assume the population standard deviation is 21.2 minutes the 95% confidence interval for the population mean will be 130.1<u<132. 7minutes. what is the meaning of these results
The 2010 General Social Survey asked 1,259 US residents: "Do you think the use of marijuana should be made legal, or not?" 48% of the respondents said it should be made legal. 1. The value 48% is a... A. population parameter B. sample statistic 2. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of US residents who think marijuana should be made legal, and interpret it in the context of the data. Round your results to four decimal places. (...
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5. (10 points) A sample of 36 people was randomly selected from among the workers in a shoe factory. The time taken for each person to polish a finished shoe was measured. The sample mean was 4.0 minutes. Assume that 0 = 0.7 minutes. a) Check assumptions and choose an appropriate interval procedure. b) Find a 90% confidence interval for the true mean time, , to polish a shoe. Please show your work. c) Interpret the confidence interval.
6. Confidence intervals A survey of 90 randomly selected families showed that 40 owned at least one television set, Find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all families that own at least one television set. a. b. A random sample of 20 automobiles has a pollution by-product release standard deviation of 2.3 ounces when 1 gallon of gasoline is used. Find a 90% confidence interval for the population standard deviation of the pollution by-product release. An irate patient...