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Jramos095

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A researcher uses an anonymous survey to investigate the television-viewing habits of American adolescents. The goal of the research is to determine the average number of hours each day that American adolescents spend watching television. The researcher is trying to determine a number that is an example of a _____.
 
  a. parameter c. population
  b. statistic d. sample

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A researcher uses an anonymous survey to investigate the television-viewing habits of American adolescents. Based on the set of 356 surveys that were completed and returned, the researcher finds that these students spend an average of 3.1 hours each day watching television. For this study, the set of 356 students who returned surveys is an example of a _______.
 
  a. parameter c. population
  b. statistic d. sample


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Jramos095

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent

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