Suppose that one news outlet makes the president's actions sound very reasonable, whereas the other makes the president's actions sound horrible. this is an example of photo manipulation irony spin flat-out lies

The arizona department of transportation wishes to survey state residents to determine what proportion of the population would like to increase statewide highway speed to 75 from 65 mph. at least how many residents do they need to survey if they want to be at least 99% confident that the sample proportion is within 0.09 of the true proportion?

What would happen to the tides if there was no moon and no sun in the sky?

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.