According to Pew Research, the contact rate (probability of contacting a selected household) was 90% in 1997 and 62% in 2012. However, the cooperation rate (probability of someone at the contacted household agreeing to be interviewed) was 43% in 1997 and dropped to 14% in 2012. (a) What is the probability (in 2012) of obtaining an interview with the next household on the sample list

14% probability of obtaining an interview with the next household on the sample list

Step-by-step explanation:

Cooperation rate of 14%

This means that the probability of someone at the contacted household agreeing to be interviewed is 14%, and the probability of a person agreeing to be interviewed in a household is independent of what happened in other households, that is, for each household, there is a 14% probability of obtaining an interview.

14% probability of obtaining an interview with the next household on the sample list

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