Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Some people always have opinions!

Keywords:

opinion; sham

Description:

In February 1995, the Washington Post asked 1000 randomly selected respondents

Some people say the 1975 Public Affairs Act should be repealed. Do you agree or disagree that it should be repealed?

Information:

24% agreed it should be repealed, and 19% disagreed. But no such Act really existed!

Source:

Utts, Jessica M and Heckard, Robert F (2002). Mind on Statistics, Duxbury, p 102.

Notes:

Utts and Heckard (p 102) give an extension of the above also.

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