Evaluate the following generalization(s), identifying sample, population, attribute of interest, and the extent to which the claims involved are knowable. Consider carefully the size and diversification of the sample and the extent to which the population differs or may differ from the sample; remember, what's important is that the sample be representative.NEW YORK (AP)-Women who read "bodice-rippers," a sexy, violent genre of historical romance novel, have sex 74 percent more often than nonreaders, according to a survey by two psychologists from the Emory Medical School in Atlanta, who interviewed 72 middle-class women in Atlanta, an equal number of them housewives, working women, and college students. Women who read the romances reported making love an average of 3.04 times a week,
compared to 1.75 for nonreaders.
What will be an ideal response?
Our concern here is whether the 3.04 and 1.75 times a week figures generalize from the Atlanta sample. First, we'd not be at all surprised if there were an important discrepancy between reports of frequency and actual frequency (the article runs the two together). Further, a sampling of Atlanta women may not be representative of American women even in regard to reporting the frequency of sex. There may be cultural differences between urban and nonurban areas, southern and other areas of the country, and so forth, that affect attitudes about sex and reports about sexual activity. Also, does the distribution in the sample among housewives, working women, and college students reflect the distribution in the population as a whole? Are one-third of American women college students, for instance? Only if they were would this sample be representative.
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