In: Statistics and Probability
III. You work in the Athletics Department for Sacred Heart University. For years you’ve been arguing to the administration that the school should spend more money on its training facilities, but the administration has not increased your budget. You decide that you will poll the students to see what they would think about new training facilities, hoping that this might persuade the administration.
A. If you wanted to create an accurate and precise poll to see whether the students really supported raising tuition slightly in exchange for better facilities, how would you conduct it? Clearly explain your:
And explain why the poll would be accurate and precise.
B. If you just wanted to get the results you were hoping for and you didn’t really care about getting a strong conclusion, how would you alter the poll?
(As long as needed.)