In several of the following exercises, you are asked to identify the type of data that is described. Possible answers include anecdotal data, available data, observational data that are from sample surveys, observational data that are not from sample surveys, and experiments. It is possible for some data to be classified in more than one category.
3.10 Claims settled for $3,300,000!
According to a story in Consumer Reports, three major producers of canned tuna agreed to pay $3,300,000 to settle claims in California that the amount of tuna in their cans was less than the amount printed on the label of the cans.6 What kind of data do you think was used in this situation to convince the producers to pay this amount of money to settle the claims? Explain your answer fully.