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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Gamebird survey results4 May 25 May 15 Jun 29 JunEstimate SE Estimate SE Estimate SE Estimate SEMallards harvestedR 6.17 0.58 4.36 0.67 2.80 0.51 2.38 0.41N 5.23 0.75 4.02 0.62 1.74 0.44 1.24 0.34Hours huntedR 9.67 0.57 8.18 1.16 5.43 0.76 4.91 0.65N 6.85 0.59 5.66 0.81 3.16 0.61 1.71 0.34Harvest by respondents (R) <strong>and</strong> non-respondents (N) to gamebird hunting questionnaire.Example 2: 1936 Presidential election• Literary Digest predicted 2:1 victory to L<strong>and</strong>on (R) over Roosevelt(D).• Election: L<strong>and</strong>on 2 states Roosevelt 46!• Mailout to more than 10 million – 2 million responded• Frame: readers <strong>of</strong> Literary Digest, telephone numbers, registeredcar owners.• George Gallup used a quota sample <strong>of</strong> 50,000 people to (a) predicta win for Roosevelt <strong>and</strong> (b) used a sample <strong>of</strong> 3000 from theLiterary Digest frame to predict that Literary Digest would mispredict.Probability sampling• We want our frame to match the population <strong>of</strong> interest <strong>and</strong> a wayto draw a representative sample.• Probability sampling is the only way to ensure representativeness• Simple r<strong>and</strong>om sample For a finite population <strong>of</strong> size N drawa sample <strong>of</strong> size n such that each possible sample has the sameprobability.- Lotto - each draw <strong>of</strong> 6 balls has the same probability18

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