Polling Lab Lab Created By: Lee Wilsonwithers, Forsyth Technical Community Colle
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Question
Polling Lab
Lab Created By: Lee Wilsonwithers, Forsyth Technical Community College
You have recently been hired as the head of political polling in the country of Forsythia, a country with a fairly large population. You recently performed a poll for the upcoming presidential election. There are two candidates; the incumbent candidate and the opposition candidate. You randomly polled some Forsythian voters to determine the likelihood of the incumbent winning. You asked voters if they plan to vote for the incumbent or the opposition in the upcoming election. If they say the opposition, you record a 0. If they say the incumbent, you record a 1.
The following is the data you recorded:
0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1
This election is very important to you. The result of the pending election could cost you your job. You are under qualified for your job, but best buds with the incumbent candidate. If she gets elected you should keep your job. You were once emotionally involved with the opposition candidate’s spouse so if they get elected, you will probably lose your job.
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1.
The number of Forsythians who were polled was .
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2.
Look up the actual candidates from the 2012 United States Presidential election:
represented the incumbent candidate in the 2012 United States Presidential election.
represented the opposition candidate in the 2012 United States Presidential election.
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3.
In this sample (at the top of the lab), percent of people polled support the incumbent and percent support the opposition candidate.
(Round the percents to the 2nd decimal place)
Explanation / Answer
1.
The number of Forsythians who were polled was 114 (Counting all 1s and 0s in the data)
2.
Barack Obama represented the incumbent candidate in the 2012 United States Presidential election.
Mitt Romney represented the opposition candidate in the 2012 United States Presidential election.
3.
Percent of people polled support the incumbent = (60/114) * 100 = 52.63%
Percent of people polled support the opposition = (54/114) * 100 = 47.37%