Questions from Statistics

Q: When author Shere Hite wrote Women and Love: A Cultural Revolution

When author Shere Hite wrote Women and Love: A Cultural Revolution in Progress, she based conclusions about the general population of all women on 4500 replies that she received after mailing 100,000...

Q: You receive a call in which the caller claims to be conducting

You receive a call in which the caller claims to be conducting a national opinion research poll. You are asked if your opinion about Congressional candidate John Sweeney would change if you knew that...

Q: You plan to conduct a survey to find the percentage of people

You plan to conduct a survey to find the percentage of people in your state who can name the lieutenant governor, who plans to run for the United States Senate. You obtain addresses from a list of pro...

Q: In a Pew Research Center poll of 1501 randomly selected adults in

In a Pew Research Center poll of 1501 randomly selected adults in Latin America, 77% said that global warming is already harming people around the world. The margin of error is 2 percentage points.

Q: Princeton Survey Research Associates did a study for Newsweek magazine illustrating the

Princeton Survey Research Associates did a study for Newsweek magazine illustrating the effects of wording in a survey. Two questions were asked. • Do you personally believe that abortion is wrong?...

Q: A Gallup poll asked the following two questions: • Do

A Gallup poll asked the following two questions: • Do you favor a tax cut or “increased spending on other government programs”? Result: 75% for the tax cut. • Do you favor a tax cut or “spending to...

Q: “Drugs shown in 98 percent of movies” A “

“Drugs shown in 98 percent of movies” A “government study” claims that drug use, drinking, or smoking was depicted in 98% of the top movie rentals (Associated Press).

Q: “Sex more important than jobs” A survey found that

“Sex more important than jobs” A survey found that 82% of 500 people interviewed by phone ranked a satisfying sex life as important or very important, while 79% ranked job satisfaction as important or...

Q: A USA Today “Snapshot” reported that the percentage of people

A USA Today “Snapshot” reported that the percentage of people with diabetes who don’t know that they have diabetes is “1 in 4.” The source was given as the American Diabetes Association.

Q: CNN reports on a Zagat survey of America’s top restaurants, which

CNN reports on a Zagat survey of America’s top restaurants, which found that “only nine restaurants achieved a rare 29 out of a possible 30 rating and none of those restaurants are in the Big Apple.”...