A real estate agency with property all throughout the Midwest is interested in home prices within the state of Michigan.The average price of a simple random sample of residential properties in the Upper Peninsula is compared to the average price of a simple random sample of residential properties in the Lower Peninsula.From the collected data,2440 resamples without replacement are taken.The distribution of the difference in means based on the resamples is shown below (in thousands of dollars). What type of resampling method was used in this scenario?
A)Bootstrap
B)Permutation
C)Neither bootstrap nor permutation

Question

A real estate agency with property all throughout the Midwest is interested in home prices within the state of Michigan.The average price of a simple random sample of residential properties in the Upper Peninsula is compared to the average price of a simple random sample of residential properties in the Lower Peninsula.From the collected data,2440 resamples without replacement are taken.The distribution of the difference in means based on the resamples is shown below (in thousands of dollars).  What type of resampling method was used in this scenario?
A)Bootstrap 
B)Permutation 
C)Neither bootstrap nor permutation

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The distribution of the difference in means is based on resamples taken without replacement, which is a characteristic of permutation resampling. Therefore, the type of resampling method used in this scenario is permutation.

A Real Estate Agency with Property All Throughout the Midwest