Forty-two percent of the members in a book club prefer to read nonfiction books. Use the Table of Random Digits on pages A-3 to A-4 in the reference guide to simulate randomly selecting and asking 15 members, "Do you prefer to read fiction or nonfiction books?"
Let the digits 01 through 42 represent a response of nonfiction.
Start at the beginning of line 122 and write the first 30 digits as two-digit numbers. Circle those that represent a response of nonfiction.
Write p and for the situation.
Answer:
Use the Table of Random Digits on pages A-3 to A-4 in the reference guide to solve.
The owner of a large shopping center wants to survey a sample of 12 store owners and ask them if they would stay open one hour late one evening for a charity event. He divides the stores into two main categories and labels them as shown.
Clothing and Jewelry: 001-150
Food and Services: 151-200
Suppose the owner wants an equal number of stores from each category. Find the numbers for the stores in the sample if the owner starts at line 108.
Suppose the owner wants the number of stores in the sample to be proportional to the number of stores in each category. Find the numbers for the stores in the sample if the owner starts at line 116