The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 8 - Producing Data: Sampling - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 213: 8.11

Answer

Assign a unique number from 1 to 30 to each suburban township and number between 1 and 8 to the Chicago townships. Then, by using MS Excel, we have the following sample output. Five suburban townships: Niles, Bloom, Lyons, Oak Park, River Forest Three Chicago townships Lake View, Hyde Park, North Chicago (Answers can vary.)

Work Step by Step

Use MS Excel's RANDBETWEEN function to generate random samples.
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