What is the research objective? What are the conclusions of the study? Governmen

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What is the research objective? What are the conclusions of the study? Government Waste Gallup News Service conducted a survey of 1026 American adults aged 18 years or older, August 31-September, 2, 2009. The respondents were asked, "Of every tax dollar that goes to the federal government in Washington, D.C., how many cents of each dollar would you say are wasted?" Of the 1026 individuals surveyed, 35% indicated that 51 cents or more is wasted. Gallup reported that 35% of all adult Americans older believe the federal government wastes at least 51 cents of each dollar spent, with a margin of error of 4% a 95% level of confidence. What is the research object? What is the population? What can be inferred from this survey?

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Answer to part a)

Research objective: Find proprotion of Americans who consider that 51 cents of each dollar on tax are wasted

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Answer to part b)

The popultion consists of all the American tax payers (adults above 18 years of age)

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Answer to part c)

The sample cosnsists of1024 American tax payers

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Answer to part d)

The sample size = 1024

Sample proportion = 35%

Margin of error = 4%

Confidence level = 95%

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