Overview
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In this assignment you will be responding to a discussion prompt about sampling in statistics. The prompt addresses various aspects of sampling and sampling techniques. Our goal is to apply and compare various sampling concepts and sampling techniques. You are required to reply to two other students.
Directions:
In your original post you will be answering questions around sampling, sampling procedures, and your understanding of probability sampling. Your post should be a minimum of 400 word analysis that answers all of the following questions:
Questions:
a. A friend is convinced that no one smokes cigarettes anymore, they did a poll on their social media and found that 0% of their respondents smoked cigarettes. What kind of sample did your friend obtain and how can these results be misleading?
b. Describe the ideal way of sampling from a population using at least one sampling technique from this week's material. Explain this sampling technique thoroughly and explain how a researcher would use it to collect a sample.
c. According to the CDC, an estimated 11.5% of Americans smoke cigarettes at least some days throughout the year. According to their methodology, the CDC obtained a sample of 60,000 Americans using a random digit dialing technique where cell phones and landlines were randomly generated from a list of all possible phone numbers. Describe and explain why this form of sampling may yield more accurate results than your friend's results.