Question:

The sample described in the previous exercise produced a

Last updated: 7/17/2022

The sample described in the previous exercise produced a

The sample described in the previous exercise produced a list of 5024 licensed drivers. The investigators then chose an SRS of 880 of these drivers to answer questions about their driving habits. (a) How would you assign labels to the 5024 drivers? Choose the first five drivers in the sample. If you use Table B, start at line 119. (b) One question asked was, "Recalling the last ten traffic lights you drove through, how many of them were red when you entered the intersections?" Of the 880 respondents, 171 admitted that at least one light had been red. A practical problem with this survey is that people may not give truthful answers. What is the likely direction of the bias: do you think more or fewer than 171 of the 880 respondents really ran a red light? Why?