1. A survey of 100 students in Orange County Community College was taken to see

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1. A survey of 100 students in Orange County Community College was taken to see how they preferred to study. The survey showed that 38 students liked it quiet, 20 students liked the television on, 34 students liked the stereo on, and 8 students liked white noise (as in a lunch room).

a) Identify the variable of interest. ____________________________________________

b) Is the variable quantitative or qualitative? _____________________________________

c) What is the implied population? ______________________________________________

d) What is the sample? ______________________________________________________

Explanation / Answer

Variable of interest = Environment in which people prefer to study

Since, there can't be a numerical value assigned to the environment,it is qualitative in nature and not a quantitative variable.

Implied population is similar to a sample. It is the population that was available for the study undertaken.

Here, the implied population is all the students who took the survey.

The sample is also the students who took the survey as it is a subset of a larger population of that of the students of the orange county community college.

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