Question

Suppose that a survey is being planned for purposes of estimating the average

number of hours exercising daily by adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain

community. A list of all individuals living in the community is not available; however, a

list of all households is available at the office of community clerk. Using the information above, identify:

1.case:

2. Parameter of Interest:

3. Statistic:

4. Sampling Frame:

5. Variable of Interest, its type and scale of measurement:

Answer 1

(1)

Case: To estimate the average number of hours exercising daily by adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain community

(2)

Parameter of Interest: the average number of hours exercising daily by adults (18 years of age or older) living in a certain community

(3)

Statistic: adults (18 years of age or older) selected from the list of all households available at the office of community clerk

(4)

Sampling Frame: list of all households is available at the office of community clerk

(5)

(i) Variable of Interest :the number of hours exercising daily

(i) Its Type: Quantitative

(ii) scale of measurement: ratio