A) A Gallup Poll asked the question How would you rate the overall quality of the environment in this country today - as excellent, good, only fair, or poor? In all, 46% of the sample rated the environment as good or excellent. Gallup announced the poll's margin of error for 95% confidence as ±3 percentage points. Which of the following sources of error are included in the margin of error? A. Nonresponse - some people whose numbers were chosen never answered the phone in several calls or answered but refused to participate in the poll. B. There is chance variation in the random selection of telephone numbers. C. The poll dialed telephone numbers at random and so missed all people without phones. D. All of the above. (b) What is significance good for? Which of the following questions does a test of significance answer? A. Is the observed effect important? B. Is the sample or experiment properly designed? C. Is the observed effect due to chance? D. All of the above. (c) How much do you plan to spend for gifts this holiday season? An interviewer asks this question of 250 customers at a large shopping mall. The distribution of individual responses is skewed, but the sample mean and standard deviation of the responses are x¯ = 437 dollars and s = 65 dollars. Which of the following are true?