Question

Describe a study that you would like to conduct if you had the resources. Be sure to describe the population, the sample, the method of sampling, the explanatory and the response variables, and what you would hope(or expect) to find.

Answer 1

(1)

What you would hope(or expect) to find : The average number of hours a student spends per day for studies

(2)

Population:All the students of the College

(3)

Sample: A set of n students selected by method of sampling from the total population of N students of the college

(4)

The method of sampling: Stratified sampling.

Explanation:

Population Size = Total number of students of the entire college = N

Calculate Sample Size = n, by statistical mothods

Identify the Total number of various departments in the college = d

These d Departments constitute the strata of the sampling.

From each of the d department, select n/d students using Simple Random Sampling (SRS) technique

Thus, we have n students constituting the required sample.

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The explanatory Variable: Students

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The response variable: number of hours spent per day for studies

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What you would hope(or expect) to find : The average number of hours a student spends per day for studies