In: Statistics and Probability
Section 1. The following questions are conceptual questions based on chapters 1 and 2 (weeks 1 and 2 of the lecture notes). • Suppose that a survey is being planned for purposes of estimating the average number of hours exercising daily by adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain community. A list of all individuals living in the community is not available; however, a list of all households is available at the office of community clerk.
Identify the following:
• Target Population:
• Variable of Interest, its type and scale of measurement:
• Parameter of Interest:
• Statistic:
• Sampling Frame:
• Case:
(a)
Target Population: All adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain community
Explanation:
Target population is the entire set of individuals for whom the
survey data are used to make inferences. Here all adults (18 years
of age or older) living in a certain community form the entire set
of individuals for whom the survey data are used to make
inferences.
(b)
(i) Variable of Interest : hours exercising daily
(ii) its type : Quantitative
(iii) scale of measurement: Ratio
(c)
Parameter of Interest : average number of hours exercising daily by adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain community.
(d)
Statistic: average number of hours exercising daily by the sample of adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain community selected from the list of all households, available at the office of community clerk.
(e)
Sampling Frame: the list of all households, available at the office of community clerk.
(f)
Case:
To estimate the average number of hours exercising daily by adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain community.