our employer wants you to randomly select 10 of the states in order to test a marketing campaign for a new product. You will use your software to draw a random sample from the list of GDPs in the data file. Use ONE of the following two methods.

(a)

Create a random sample step-by-step.

(i)

Number all of the rows in the data file sequentially.

(ii)

Use your software to select 10 random numbers from the numbers assigned to the rows.

(iii)

Create the sample by choosing the rows from the data file with the numbers you randomly selected.

(b)

Create a random sample using some feature of your software program that can automatically create a sample of 10 items from the list of data.

Alaska 2.50 1201592 2015pop Per Capita GDP Average GDP GDP in millions Difference Average GDP - State's GDP Alabama 207303 4862058 0.043 2.67 0.21 2.46 54256 736130 0.074 0.05 Arizona 295445 6816049 0.043 0.30 2237 Arkansas 122492 2972524 0.041 0.12 2.54 California 2424033 39124308 0.062 2.42 0.24 Colorado 316535 5429368 Q.058 2.35 Connecticut 2596613593690 0.072 0.26 2.41 Delaware 66150 944664 0.070 0.07 2.60 Florida 883735 20150420 0.014 D.BR 1.78 Georgia 496180 10186225 0.049 0.50 2.17 Hawa 79595 1428650 0.056 0.08 2.59 Idaho 65202 1653347 0.039 0.07 2.60 milinois 764817 12869625 Q059 0.76 1.90 Indiana 326538 6618616 0.049 0.33 2.14 lowa 168089 3119552 0.054 0.17 Kansas 146219 2910710 0.050 0.15 252 Kentucky 192874 4424845 0.19 2.47 Louisiana 252965 4666799 0.054 0.25 2.41 Maine 55137 1331057 0.041 0.06 2.61 Maryland 360969 600HSSO 0.060 0.36 Massachusetts 473606 6776251 0.070 0.47 2.19 Michigan 462252 9918381 0.047 0.46 2.20 Minnesota 330782 5487040 0.050 0.33 234 Mississtol 105880 2995225 0.036 0.11 2.56 Missouri 287207 6078884 0.047 0.29 Montana 45799 103108 0.014 0.05 2.62 Nebraska 112208 1892208 0.059 0.11 2.55 Nevada 140608 2880996 0.049 Now Hampshire 71632 1330250 0.054 0.07 2.59 New Jersey 573947 8960072 0.064 0.57 2.09 New Mexico 90810 2084090 0.014 0.09 250 New York 1444406 19787315 0.073 1.44 1.22 North Carolina 503745 10026169 0.00 0.50 2.16 North Dakota 53686 753317 0.071 2.61 North Dakota 53686 753317 0.071 0.05 2.61 Ohio 592899 11611559 0.051 0.59 2.07 Oklahoma 181089 3899322 01046 0.18 2.49 Oregon 225661 4006827 0056 0.23 Pennsylvania 677582 12790093 0.053 0.68 199 Rhode Island 56323 1056571 0.053 0.06 2.61 South Carolina 196887 4885340 0.040 0.20 South Dakota 45415 859781 0.053 0.05 2.62 Tennessee 307125 6594129 0.047 2.36 Texas 1648007 27354011 DOO 1.65 1.02 Utah 146697 2977970 0.049 0.15 2.52 Vermont 29750 626186 DER 0.03 2264 Vuginia 476919 374081 Washington 44606 7138029 0.02 0.45 2.22 West Virginia 71123 1847150 0.01 Wisconsin 296971 5769285 0.051 0.30 40170 584861 0.00 0.04 0.14 0.052 2.39