eBook LExercise 1.11) conducted on April 9-10, 2013, the person being interviewe

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eBook LExercise 1.11) 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 for, vote against, and no opinion. Two hundred ninety five r opinion (gallup website, June 14, 2013) a. Do the responses for this question provide categorical or quantitative data? gas tax money going to improve roads and bridges and build more mass transportation in his state. Possible responses were vote espondents sald they would vote for the law, 672 sald they would vote against the lan, and 51 said they had no Categorical b. What was the sample size for this gallup poll? c. What percentage of respondents would vote for a law increasing the gas tax? d. Do the resuits indicate general support for or against Increasing the gas tax to improve roads and bridges and build more mass transportation? against

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b) Sample size for this gallup poll = 295 + 672 + 51 = 1018

c) Percentage of respondents would vote for a law increasing the gas tax = 295/1018 * 100 = 28.98%

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