Question

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics Omnibus Household Survey is conducted annually and serves as an information source for the U.S. Department of Transportation. In one part of the survey the person being interviewed was asked to respond to the following statement: "Drivers of motor vehicles should be allowed to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving." Possible responses were strongly agree, some what agree, some what disagree, and strongly disagree. Forty-four respondents said that they strongly agree with this statement, said that they some what agree, said they some what disagree, and said they strongly disagree with this statement.

Required:
a. Do the responses for this statement provide categorical or quantitative data?
b. Would it make more sense to use averages or percentages as a summary of the responses for this statement?
c. What percentage of respondents strongly agree with allowing drivers of motor vehicles to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving?
d. Do the results indicate general support for or against allowing drivers of motor vehicles to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving?

Answer 1

Explanation:

a. It would provide a quantitative data

b. Yes, it would make more sense to use percentages rather than averages as this is estimating a proportion.

c. 44% of the respondents strongly agree

d. the results do not indicate general support for or against allowing drivers of motor vehicles to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving as the only respondents will be those that agree with the researchers claim and the study will be biased against those who do not agree.