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5/21/13
Government 10
Problem Set 15
Due May 22, 2013
Chapter 20: 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 32, 35a

20.15.
b)0.6

20.16.
b)0.045

20.17.
c)0.47

20.18.
c) 0.47+/- 0.018

20.29.
a)Biggest weakness- non response, not representative of population if number of nonresponse
is too high. Or cell phone users are younger usually, so possibly skewed age, not SRS.
b) 90% CI: 0.17 +/- 0.012
c) Because cell phone users are more likely to be younger than the normal population, the
searches are more relevant to problems that younger people face. Also, issues like pregnancy,
STIs, etc are usually urgent if someone is just finding out about them, and would therefore be in
a rush to find out answers and use their more convenient cell phone rather than a computer.

20.32.
a) 95% CI: 0.194 +/- 0.026
b) More because running a red light is viewed badly by society, so when asked to report how
many times they ran a red light, ppl are more likely to say less than the actual number.

20.35a.
a) phat=0.1 95% CI: 0.1 +/- 0.06
phat=0.3 95% CI: 0.3 +/- 0.09
phat=0.5 95% CI: 0.5 +/- 0.10
phat= 0.7 95% CI: 0.7 +/- 0.09
phat=0.9 95% CI: 0.9 +/- 0.06