Chapter 1 - data collection 1. section 1.1 introduction to the practice of statistics investment decision: the gallup organization conducted a survey of 1018 adults, aged 18 and older, living in the united states and asked, "if you had a $1,000 to spend, do you think investing it in the stock market would be a good or bad idea? " of the 1018 adults, 46% said it would be a bad idea. the gallup organization reported that 46% of all adults, aged 18 and older, living in the united states thought it was a bad idea to invest $1,000 in the stock market with a 4% margin of error with 95% confidence. a) what is the research objective? b) what is the population? c) what is the sample? d) list the descriptive statistics. e) what can be inferred from this survey?