SCENARIO 2-6 A Sample of 200 Students at a Big-Ten University Was

question 42

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 2-6
A sample of 200 students at a Big-Ten university was taken after the midterm to ask them whether
they went bar hopping the weekend before the midterm or spent the weekend studying, and whether
they did well or poorly on the midterm.The following table contains the result.
-Referring to Scenario 2-6, if the sample is a good representation of the population, we can expect
_______ percent of the students in the population to spend the weekend studying and do poorly
On the midterm.

• A) 10
• B) 20
• C) 45
• D) 50

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Definitions:

Ages

The lengths of time that individuals or entities have existed, typically measured in years.

Volunteers

Individuals who offer services or undertake tasks without expecting compensation or material gain, usually to benefit others or a community.

Sample Variance

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a sample set of data points around their sample mean.

Sample Standard Deviation

Sample Standard Deviation is a measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of sample data values around the sample mean.