A Businessman Who Is Running for the Vacant Mayoral Seat

question 56

Essay

A businessman who is running for the vacant Mayoral seat with 88,000 registered voters conducts a survey.In the survey,54.6% of the 1,200 registered voters interviewed say they planned to vote for him.Identify the population of interest and the sample in this survey.

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Definitions:

Pie Chart

A round statistical diagram segmented into sections to represent numerical proportions.

Qualitative Variable

A variable that categorizes or describes attribute of a data set rather than expressing a numerical value.

Frequency Distribution

A frequency distribution shows how often each different value in a set of data occurs.

Qualitative Variable

A variable that categorizes or describes attribute or characteristic of a subject, not measured with numbers.