Question

Algebra 2/Statistics help

Answer 1

A researcher wishes to find out whether giving a student $1 million in cash will improve or ruin the student's grades in school. A high school class consists of the 8 students numbered in the following list.

0 Juanita
1 Tuan
2 Harry
3 Greta
4 William
5 Hiroshi
6 Betty
7 Jane

Help the researcher by using the line from a table of random numbers (shown below) to assign 4 of these students to the treatment group.

39661 55832 02589 52612 25414 19879 60880 30641 55259 35324

Which students go in the treatment group?

A. Hiroshi, Hiroshi, Harry, Hiroshi, nobody, Greta, Hiroshi, Greta, Harry, William
B. Greta, nobody, Betty, Betty, Tuan, Hiroshi, Hiroshi
C. Greta, Harry, Hiroshi, William
D. Greta, nobody, Betty, Tuan, Hiroshi
E. Tuan, Greta, Hiroshi, Betty

Answer 2

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 3

you know statistics right?

Answer 4

Notice how we have less than 10 students

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

so we will read off the random number table one digit at a time

if we had more than 10 students, then we'll read off the table with paired digits

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

39661 55832 02589 52612 25414 19879 60880 30641 55259 35324

that starts with 3, so we pick student #3 first. That person is Greta

Answer 9

9 is next, but there is no one assigned to 9

we skip this digit

Answer 10

6 is next, so we pick Betty next

Answer 11

6 is the next digit after that, but we already picked Betty. So we skip this number

Answer 12

you keep going until you have 4 students selected

Answer 13

next is tuan

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

who is next after that?

Answer 16

hiroshi

Answer 17

good

Answer 18

:)

Answer 19

that's your treatment group

Answer 20

really? thats all :)

Answer 21

yep, it's not too bad

Answer 22

this is super easy, thanks for the help ;)

Answer 23

np