The annual Vacation & Boat Show in Columbus, Ohio offers four types of attractions: boats, fishing gear, outdoor equipment, and vacation planning services. Tickets sell for 6 per person, and children under 5 get in free. This year the show organizers want to find out which attraction was most popular, so they surveyed 100 people at random who attended the show, and asked them. The results showed that 67 of them liked the boats best. Specify the population.
Q. 2The annual Vacation & Boat Show in Columbus, Ohio offers four types of attractions: boats, fishing gear, outdoor equipment, and vacation planning services. Tickets sell for 6 per person, and children under 5 get in free. This year the show organizers want to find out which attraction was most popular, so they surveyed 100 people at random who attended the show, and asked them. The results showed that 67 of them liked the boats best. Specify who/what the units are in this study.
Q. 3A (an) __________ study is an in-depth examination of one or a small number of individuals.
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Q. 4In an experiment, you measure the result of the feature being manipulated, called the __________ variable, on an outcome, called the __________ variable.
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Q. 5When you read the results of a scientific study, which of the following should you do first?
a. Determine which type of research strategy was used (observational study, randomized experiment, etc.)
b. Look at the results and decide whether they make sense or not.
c. Jump to the part where they show the data, and see if was collected properly.
d. Decide if the results apply to your life.
Q. 6Which of the following news story excerpts describes the results of a meta-analysis?
a. A recent analysis of eight international studies found that....
b. A recent long-term study using 100,000 participants found that....
c. This single study contained 10 parts; each part used a different type of statistical analysis to get the results. The results showed that....
d. None of the above.
Q. 7Which of the following is a research strategy that involves the researcher manipulating the participants' environment in some way?
a. Sample survey
b. Randomized experiment
c. Observational study
d. None of the above
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