Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 1 - The Nature of Probability and Statistics - Review Exercises - Section 1-4 - Page 35: 56

Answer

The claim of this study is suspect because the population pool "men" is undefined. For example, the survey might be biased in a way that it based on a small local male population, the conclusion can not be generalized to all "men". It may also happen that the number of "men" surveyed be small resulting in a large error to give a reliable 5% conclusion.

Work Step by Step

Only 5% of men surveyed said that they liked “chick flicks.”
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