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Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false

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Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false.

If a statement is false, explain the reason why the statement is false.
1. The objective of statistics is to make inference about a population based on information contained in a sample from that population.
2. A single population may have several variables of interest to the investigator.
3. A lottery device may be an acceptable way to obtain a completely random sample.
4. When using a random-number table to select a sample, always begin at the beginning of the table.
5. The choice of sampling design has no effect on the choice of the procedure used for statistical analysis.
6. When choosing categories for the nominal scale, the only condition is that there is a category for each piece of data.
7. Data on the numerical scale can be easily changed to the nominal scale.
8. The ordinal scale is sometimes used even though more precise numerical information is available.
9. Data on an ordinal scale can be easily changed to the numerical scale.
10. Barometric pressure is usually recorded on the ordinal scale.