Joe wants to find the most common source of news among U.S. adults. He wants his sample to have 10,000 adults (half male and half female individuals) to make a valid generalization. How many people from each of the 50 states should he choose randomly to avoid bias in his study?(1 point)

Question

__________ adults

Answer 1

To ensure that Joe's sample of 10,000 adults (5,000 males and 5,000 females) is representative of the U.S. population and avoids bias, he should choose the same number of individuals from each of the 50 states.

To calculate the number of adults from each state:

1. Divide the total sample size (10,000) by the number of states (50):

\[ \frac{10,000 \text{ adults}}{50 \text{ states}} = 200 \text{ adults per state} \]

Therefore, Joe should choose 200 adults from each state.