Question 1
In a poll of registered voters, Candidate A has 48% support with a margin of error of 3 percentage points, and Candidate B has 45% support with a margin of error of 3 percentage points. Can we conclude that Candidate A is in the lead?
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A health study tracks 5,000 adults over 10 years and finds that those who eat breakfast daily have lower rates of heart disease than those who skip breakfast. A news headline states: "Eating breakfast prevents heart disease." What is the main flaw in this claim?
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A survey of 100 randomly selected adults has a margin of error of 6 percentage points. If the researchers increase the sample to 400 randomly selected adults, what would the approximate new margin of error be?
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A university study finds that students who use a tutoring center earn higher GPAs than those who do not. The researchers note that all participants volunteered for the study. To which group can the results most appropriately be generalized?
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A researcher states: "We are 95% confident that the true proportion of city residents who support the new transit plan is between 0.58 and 0.66." Which of the following correctly describes what "95% confident" means?
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