Random Number Generator

Thomas J. Quirk (), Meghan Quirk () and Howard Horton ()
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Thomas J. Quirk: Webster University, Professor of Marketing

Chapter Chapter 2 in Excel 2010 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics, 2012, pp 21-36 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Suppose that a local poultry farmer is raising a variety of laying hens and that he is interested in the egg production of a particular breed of hens (Breed X). Suppose that he has asked you to take a random sample of 5 of Breed X’s 32 laying hens to identify overall egg production of this breed. Using your Excel skills to determine egg production, you will need to define a “sampling frame.” A sampling frame is a list of objects, events, or people from which you want to select a random sample. In this case, it is the group of 32 chickens. The frame starts with the identification code (ID) of the number 1 that is assigned to the first hen in the group of 32 laying hens on the poultry farm. The second hen has a code number of 2, the third a code number of 3, and so forth until the last hen has a code number of 32.

Keywords: Local Poultry Farm; Excel Skills; Code Number; Duplicate Frame Numbers; Random Sorting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5779-4_2

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