The Gallup Organization conducted a survey of 1018 adults, aged 18 and older, living in the United States and asked, "If you had a thousand dollars to spend, do you think investing it in the stock market would be a good or bad idea?" Of the 1018 adults, 46% said it would be a bad idea. The Gallup Organization reported that 46% of all adults, aged 18 and older, living in the United States thought it was a bad idea to invest $1000 in the stock market with a 4% margin of error with 95% confidence.
(a) What is the research objective?
(b) What is the population?
(c) What is the sample?
(d) List the descriptive statistics.
(e) What can be inferred from this survey?