You plan to conduct a study with a total population of 387 individuals comprised of 200 freshmen/sophomores and 187 juniors/seniors. You wish to be able to describe the characteristics of both the Freshmen/Sophomore and the Junior/Senior in the sample as well as make comparisons between them. (a) What sampling method would you use? Why? (b) Assume that you want a confidence level of 95%, how many men and how many women should be in the sample? (Bring to the test the sample size chart in the BlackBoard Course Information!) (c) You anticipate a response rate of 30%. Do you think you should oversample accordingly? Why or why not?

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Why are you taking this class?
Ms. Sue's is the best question of all: Why are you taking this class?

Posting all these assignments without a single thought of your own indicates to me that either you haven't bothered to read and study your text or you don't understand any of this.

Please read and study your text and THEN tackle each of these assignments separately.