on arguments/ tt - 1) Consider the \"A 2002 Harvard University study found that

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on arguments/ tt - 1) Consider the "A 2002 Harvard University study found that students who have a firearm at college are more likely to binge drink, drive while under the influence, use illegal drugs, vandalize property, and get into trouble with the police" argument. a) What was the sample of this study? b) What was the sample size of this study? c) What was the population of interest of this study? d) Based on your answers to parts (a)-(c), do you believe that this study is a valid argument against allowing CCW's on campus? Why or why not?

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(a) Sample of study was Spring 2001 survey of 119 colleges which are four-year.

(b) Sample size was 430, as these are the number of respondents who were asked if they had guns.

(c) Population of intererst of this study was: all colleges in 30 U.S. states

(d) No, it is not a valid argument against allowing CCWs on campus because, none of the students surveyed and found having guns , had licence to possess guns.

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