The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll is based on telephone interviews conducted from Sept. 13 to Sept. 18 with 1664 adults around the United States. This poll has a margin of error (based on a 95% confidence) of /- 3%. Identify each of the following: a. Sample b. Parameter c. Statistic d. Population e. Confidence level f. Margin of error g. After the survey was completed it was found that the list of telephone numbers did not include several regions. It was also found that the areas omitted had a very large religious population and the results were biased. Is this a sampling or a non-sampling error

The quotation below describes an opinion poll conducted by CBS News and the New York Times. Oneof the questions asked was "Do you favor an amendment to the Constitution that would permitorganized prayer in public schools?" Sixty-six percent answered, "Yes."

a. Sample = 1664 adults

The number included in the sample

b. Parameter= % of poll based on telephone interviews

The sample chosen on the bases

c. Statistic = 66%

The statistic obtained after applying the formula etc.

d. Population = American adult population

The sample is chosen from the population

e. Confidence level= 95%

f. Margin of error = +/- 3%

g. Sampling Error

It is a sampling error because the areas omitted had a very large religious population and the results were biased.

The sample was not chosen from the areas omitted.