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Suppose who have the following data for which type of car students at a college drive; Ford 5, Chevy 12, Honda 6, Toyota 12, Nissan 10, Other 5.b. what is the unit of observation in this dataset?c. How many subjects did the researchers study in this dataset?d. what is the sample size of this study?e. what is the sample size of this study?f. why did the researchers collect this dataset?g. How many variables are in this dataset?

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b. what is the unit of observation in this dataset?

The type of car students at a college drive

c. How many subjects did the researchers study in this dataset?

Ford 5, Chevy 12, Honda 6, Toyota 12, Nissan 10, Other 5.

So:

5 + 12 + 6 + 12 + 10 + 5 = 50

d. what is the sample size of this study?

Ford, chevy, honda, toyota, nissa, other

Therefore the sample size is 6

f. why did the researchers collect this dataset?

It can be for several reasons, for example:

_To determine the most popular car brand

_To determine the least popular car brand

g. How many variables are in this dataset?

6 variables

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