Define suitable populations from which the fol- lowing samples are selected: (a)

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Define suitable populations from which the fol- lowing samples are selected:
(a) Persons in 200 homes are called by telephone in the city of Richmond and asked to name the candidate that they favor for election to the school board.
(b) A coin is tossed 100 times and 34 tails are recorded.
(c) Two hundred pairs of a new type of tennis shoe were tested on the professional tour and, on the average, lasted 4 months.
(d) On five different occasions it took a lawyer 21, 26, 24, 22, and 21 minutes to drive from her suburban home to her midtown office.

Explanation / Answer

a. Responses of all people in Richmond who have telephones. b. Outcomes for a large or infinite number of tosses of a coin. c. Length of life of such tennis shoes when worn on the professional tour. d. All possible time intervals for this lawyer to drive from her home to her office.

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