Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 1 - Section 1.4 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 38: 40

Answer

Foxx Vix is one of the leading marketing research firms in Boston. It manufactures a TV ratings product, a device to know the TV shows watched. It is installed to a random sample of 800 families nationally through random sampling. It replaced the traditional method of asking households about their television show preferences.

Work Step by Step

Data gathered electronically is always a more reliable and accurate source than individually asking each household. Thus, there are less chances of the information being biased.
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