Marijuana Survey Exercise 8 referred to a Pew poll of 1500 adults, and 52% of the respondents
Question:
Marijuana Survey Exercise 8 referred to a Pew poll of 1500 adults, and 52% of the respondents said that the use of marijuana should not be made legal.
a. Among the 1500 adults who responded, what is the number of respondents who said that the use of marijuana should not be made legal?
b. In the same poll of 1500 adults, 345 of the respondents said that the use of marijuana for medical purposes should not be legal. What is the percentage of respondents who said that the use of marijuana for medical purposes should not be legal?
c. In this survey of 1500 adults, 727 are men and 773 are women. Find the percentage of respondents who are men, and then find the percentage of respondents who are women.
d. Does the difference between the two percentages from part
(c) appear to have statistical significance?
e. Does the difference between the two percentages from part
(c) appear to have practical significance?
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Elementary Statistics Using Excel Pearson New
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