Question

6. (02.01 MC)

The US Department of Health and Human Services wants to know whether the national healthcare system is achieving its goals in Florida. Much information about healthcare comes from

patient records, but that source doesn't allow us to compare people who use health services with those who don't. Therefore, the US Department of Health and Human Services conducted the

Florida Health Survey, which was used to interview a random sample of 62,348 people who live in the state of Florida.

Part A: What is the population for this sample survey? What is the sample? (4 points)

Part B: The survey found that 74% of males and 83% of females in the sample had visited a general practitioner at least once during the past year. Do you think these estimates are close to

the truth about the entire population? Explain. (6 points) (10 points)

Answer 1

A)i) Population: Total number of people that reside in Florida..

II) Sample: 62348 people that took part in the random survey.

B) No, the estimates are not close to the truth of the entire population.

Explanation:

A)i) The population is the total number of people that reside in Florida.

II) The sample is the 62348 people that took part in the random survey.

B) From the details given in the question, we will see that people who are not part of the healthcare system weren't included due to the fact that they used patients records to judge. This means that if they don't have healthcare, then they will have no patient records. Therefore, we can conclude that the estimates are not close to the truth of the entire population due to the fact that that those who weren't part of the Healthcare system were not considered.