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Chapter 1: Q. 78 (page 55)

YouPolls is a website that allows anyone to create and respond to polls. One question posted April 15asks:

鈥淒o you feel happy paying your taxes when members of the Obama administration are allowed to ignore their tax liabilities?鈥�[5]

As of April 25,11people responded to this question. Each participant answered 鈥淣O!鈥�

Which of the potential problems with samples discussed in this module could explain this connection?

Short Answer

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Potential issues include the possibility of respondents who do not pay taxes responding to the survey.

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01

Definition

A sample statistic is statistical data derived from a small number of things.

02

Explanation 

The potential problems are given below:

  • the sample size is very low to do any conclusion
  • here may be chances that a single user can give an answer more than once.
  • since anyone can answer the question of the survey, hence there may be chances that those respondents who do not belong to taxes are responding to the survey.

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