In a gallup telephone survey conducted on April 9-10, 2013, the person being Int

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In a gallup telephone survey conducted on April 9-10, 2013, the person being Interviewed was asked if he would vote for a law in his state that would increase the gas tax up to 20 cents a gallon, with the new gas tax money going to improve roads and bridges and bulld more mass transportation in his statc. Passible respanses were vate far, vote against, and no opinion. Two hundred ninety five respondents said they wauld votc for the law, 6/2 said they would vote against the law, and 51 said they had no opinian (gallup website, June 14, 2013 a. Do the responses for this question provlde categorical or quantitatlve data? Select your b. What was the sarnple size for this gallup pell? c. What percentage of respondents wauld vote for a law increasing the qas tax (to the nearest whole number)? mare ild ss transpartation? ar against in treasing th tax to imprave mads indicate general support for

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a. This is Quantitative data as number of respondents are mentioned.

b. Sample Size = 295 + 672 + 51 = 1018

c. Persons voting for the tax = 295 / 1018 * 100 =28.98 per cent.

d. The general support is against the gas tax to improve roads and bridges and build more mass transportation.

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