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Question

the survey of student habits is a psychological test that measures students study habits and attitudes toward school. scores range from 0 to 200. When a random sample of 35 college students were given this test, their mean score was 122 with a standard deviation of 24.5. One student from this sample received a high score of 160 in the survey. The mean score for all US college students is actually 115 and the standard deviation is 30.

What is the population in this scenario?

What is the sample in this scenario?

Give a statistic from this scenario

Give a parameter from the scenario

Explanation / Answer

What is the population in this scenario?

All US College Students [ANSWER]

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What is the sample in this scenario?

a random sample of 35 college students [ANSWER]

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Give a statistic from this scenario

A statistic describes a sample. Hence,

The sample mean of the 35 college students is 122. [ANSWER]

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Give a parameter from the scenario

A parameter describes the population.

The population mean of all US College students is 115. [ANSWER]