A total of 2647 single adults, ages 18€“59, took part in an online survey by responding to the following question: €œDo you believe it is acceptable to date more than one person at a time?€ Their responses are summarized in the relative frequency bar graph in Fig. 16.

a. What is the number of adults in the study who thought it was acceptable to date more than one person for a few dates?
b. Explain why the sum of the relative frequencies of all the categories should equal 1. Then find the actual total. Explain why your result is not 1.
c. From inspecting the bar graph, a student concludes that 19% of all American adults think it is absolutely accept- able to date more than one person at a time. What would you tell the student?
d. What type(s) of bias in sampling likely occurred? Explain.

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