Chapter 10: Q.1 (page 621)
Toyota or Nissan? Are Toyota or Nissan owners more satis铿乪d with their vehicles? Let鈥檚 design a study to 铿乶d out. We鈥檒l select a random sample of Toyota owners and a separate random sample of Nissan owners. Then we鈥檒l ask each individual in the sample: 鈥淲ould you say that you are generally satis铿乪d with your (Toyota/Nissan) vehicle?鈥
(a) Is this a problem with comparing means or comparing proportions? Explain.
(b) What type of study design is being used to produce data?
Short Answer
From the given information,
a) The problem is about comparing proportions.
b) Observational study is being used to produce data.

