1. Introduction
Arising from a conversation among friends and fellow students, there seemed to be conflicting views about the relative merits of men and women drivers and in particular whether one sex or the other was more likely to have been caught speeding.
As a consequence, I decided to conduct a survey among as many friends and acquaintances as possible, to determine the actual situation, at least far as my sample is concerned. My own view is that more of my female acquaintances than males have received speeding tickets, but I needed to obtain accurate data to support that hypothesis.
I designed my survey ...