Question

) The Deerfield Township mayor would like to know where his constituents stand on a tax break for local small business that will appear on the upcoming election ballot. To get a better sense he decides to conduct a poll in the community. a. Describe the appropriate intended population the mayor should study. Be specific. b. Describe a method that could be used to select a random sample of size 150 from the intended population. Be as detailed as you can, and pretend you are explaining this to someone with no statistical experience. c. What is the sample for this study

Answer 1

Answer:

a.) Citizens of Deerfield Township who have the right to vote.

B.) Stratified Random Sampling

C.) The citizens in each strata, 150 voters

Step-by-step explanation:

Deership Citizens who have voting right.

B.)

Stratified Random sampling : A random selection of voters based on criteria such as Dividing the whole township into districts and then random samples of voters is chosen from each district. For instance, if there are 15 different districts, a random sample of 10 voters is chosen from each district.

15 * 10 = 150

C.) The sample refers to a subset of the population which when chosen at random is representative of the larger population. The sample in the study are the voters in each strata.