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A newspaper articlebegan," Almost half of the USA's secretaries would rather work fora man than a woman, even though a male boss is more likely to askthem to clean the coffee pot, says a Working Womansurvey" (USA Today). This is the result of a "poll of1,100 readers in the magazine's May issue." Of these readers, 46%prefer to work for a man, 5% for a woman, and 49% say it doesn'tmatter. a.What kind of sampling do you think was used? b.What population do the results apply to, according to thenewspaper? c.In what way might the sampling method be biased? d.Discuss the issue of undercoverage. A newspaper articlebegan," Almost half of the USA's secretaries would rather work fora man than a woman, even though a male boss is more likely to askthem to clean the coffee pot, says a Working Womansurvey" (USA Today). This is the result of a "poll of1,100 readers in the magazine's May issue." Of these readers, 46%prefer to work for a man, 5% for a woman, and 49% say it doesn'tmatter. a.What kind of sampling do you think was used? b.What population do the results apply to, according to thenewspaper? c.In what way might the sampling method be biased? d.Discuss the issue of undercoverage. a.What kind of sampling do you think was used? b.What population do the results apply to, according to thenewspaper? c.In what way might the sampling method be biased? d.Discuss the issue of undercoverage.

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The sample is a simple random sample.

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