22.

A stratified sampling technique with proportional allocation is to be used. The three strata contain N1 = 100, N2 = 50, and N3 = 2

23.
A catering company is thinking of offering a lunch wagon in a high rise building. To determine the potential market, they want to k
people is selected from the 400 in the building. While conducting interviews, the researcher finds that some of the individuals are
The data collected for the 25 people resulted in a mean of 240/25 = 9.6 days per month and a standard deviation of 5.24 (varianc
Estimate the total number of brown bag lunches for a month in this high-rise. Place a bound on the error of estimation.

24.
A researcher wants to estimate the total number of military people residing in a city near a military base. The researcher decides

Standard
Number of Number of Number of military Average of
Block Deviation, of row
households households sampled residents per household row data
data
1 12 4 0,1,1,0 .5 .57735
2 10 4 1,2,0,0 .75 .95743
3 15 4 1,2,1,1 1.25 .5
4 17 4 0,0,0,1 .25 .5
5 8 4 0,1,0,0 .25 .5

a. What is N?

b. What is n?

c. What is mi, for all values of i?

d. What is M4?

e. What is y-bar3?

f. What is the estimate of mu?

g. What is the estimate of the total number of military people?

25.
A game commission is interested in estimating the number of large-mouth bass in a reservoir. A random sample of t = 3000 bass

26.
A community has 3,000 households. The City Council wants to estimate the proportion of households that would be likely to recy
There is no prior information about the proportion of households that would be likely to recycle. Estimate the sample size required

27.
Continuation of previous question. A community has 3,000 households. The City Council wants to estimate the proportion of hou
will sample about 1/3 of the total sample size determined in part 1.

 There is a list of property owners available from the county assessor’s office (the list for tax purposes).
 The local telephone book includes the published phone number for city and county residents.
 The city has five (5) wards, or sub communities, each with about 600 households. Each ward has 7 to 9 voting p
 The list of individuals (name and address) receiving water & sewer bills is available from the city utility company
 Google Maps provides a good aerial map of the community (houses can be identified by address vs. businesses


Using information from the text, determine a sampling technique (using any or all of the items listed) to meet the requirements of
Support your choice and tell why other choices would not be as good a choice.

28. A researcher wants to estimate the average amount spent on holiday decorations for households in a certain city. Cluster sam
the area number, the number of households in the area, and the total amount spent for decorations. Estimate the average amoun

Area Number Number of Households Amount spent on decorations

1 71 2810
2 78 3210
3 69 2780
4 69 2830
5 58 2370
6 55 2210
7 51 2430
8 60 2390
9 63 2430
10 58 2380
11 70 2880
12 71 2760
13 78 3110
14 52 1990
15 58 2370
16 73 2930
17 64 2470
18 63 2390
19 75 2870
20 67 2730
Sum = 1303 52340
Average = 65.15 2617
Standard Dev. = 8.2096 316.2128
Variance = 67.3974 99990.5263