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  1. Population is the current representatives in the state’s congress: [latex]106[/latex]. The [latex]28[/latex] representatives surveyed. [latex]14[/latex] out of [latex]28 = \frac{1}{2} = 50\%[/latex]. We might expect [latex]50\%[/latex] of the [latex]106[/latex] representatives = [latex]53[/latex] representatives.
  2. This suffers from leading question bias.
  3. This question would likely suffer from a perceived lack of anonymity.
  4. This suffers from leading question bias.
  5. Quantitative.
  6. Observational study.
  7. Stratified sample.
    • Group 1, receiving the vaccine.
    • Group 2 is acting as a control group. They are not receiving the treatment (new vaccine).
    • The study is at least blind. We are not provided enough information to determine if it is double-blind.
    • This is a controlled experiment.
    • Census.
    • Observational study.