The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to conduct a survey to identify the average (mean) amount

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to conduct a survey to identify the average (mean) amount of arsenic found in the rice grown on farms located in Arkansas. Arkansas has about 3000 rice farms.

a. What would be a practical problem of using a stratified sample consisting of rice obtained from every rice farm in Arkansas?
b. What would be a practical problem of using cluster sampling?
c. What would be an effective sampling plan?

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Statistical Reasoning For Everyday Life

ISBN: 978-0134494043

5th Edition

Authors: Jeff Bennett, William Briggs, Mario Triola

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