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Chapter 1: Q.67 (page 54)

Suppose you want to determine the mean number of cans of soda drunk each month by students in their twenties at your school. Describe a possible sampling method in three to five complete sentences. Make the description detailed.

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Systematic sampling should be used to estimate the average number of cans of soda consumed each month by students in their twenties at a school. For this, the interviewer must devise a procedure for conducting student interviews, such as interviewing every fifth student who enters the school or every tenth student who enters the school's cafeteria during recess.

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To determine

The sampling method to determine the mean number of cans of soda drunk each month by students in their twenties at your school.

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Explanation

Students from many streams would attend the school. The first stage would be to separate all students above the age of 19 into streams. The number of students in each stream may vary. As a result, balanced student selection is critical. Following the selection of students from each stream, the number of soda cans consumed by each of them in a month is recorded in order to determine the mean number of soda cans consumed each month.

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