Asked what the central limit theorem says, a student replies, "As you take larger and larger samples from a population, the distribution of the sample values looks more and more Normal." Is the student right?

Read case #5 - "targeting target" (on pages 77-78 of your textbook), then answer the following questions: do you think it was ethical for authorities to use one of the high-ranking members to trap other gang members? why or why not? how would you approach the target situation? use the internet to research and find the best practices to protect from identity theft.

Which situation is most likely to show a constant rate of change?

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject.a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher.wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners.acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.