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Five state officials are listed to the right. a. List the 10 possible samples (w

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Question

Five state officials are listed to the right. a. List the 10 possible samples (without replacement) of size 3 that can be obtained from the population of five officials. ecretary of State (S) Attorney General (A) tative (R) Press Secretary (P) b. If a simple random sampling procedure is used to obtain a sample of three officials, what are the chances that it is the first sample on your list in part (a)? the second sample? the tenth sample? a. List all 10 possible samples (without replacement) of size 3. Use the letter abbreviation for each official. (Use a comma to separate answers as needed.)

Explanation / Answer

a) 10 possible samples are

LSA, LRP, LSR, LSP, LAR, LAP, SAP, SAR, SPR, RAP

b) There are 10 possible samples.

The chance that a sample is chosen is the first sample on your list is= 1/10

Second sample=1/10

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Tenth sample= 1/10