A large paint retailer has had numerous complaints from customers about underfil

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A large paint retailer has had numerous complaints from customers about underfilled paint cans. As a result, the retailer has begun inspecting incoming shipments of paint from suppliers. Shipments with underfill problems will be returned to the supplier. A recent shipment contained 2, 440 gallon-size cans. The retailer randomly selected 50 cans and weighed each on a scale. The average weight of the 50 cans was recorded to estimate the average weight of all 2, 440 cans. Properly filled cans weigh 10 pounds. (a) What is the population? (b) What is the sample? (c) What is the subject in this study? (d) What is the parameter of interest? (e) What is the statistic?

Explanation / Answer

A)The population is the set of units of interest to the retailer, which is the shipment of 2,440 cans of paint.

B). The sample is a subset of the population. In this case, it is the 50 cans of paint selected by the retailer.

C)the inference interest of involves the generalization of the information contain the sample of paint cans to be population of paint cans
D) The weight of the paint cans is the variable the retailer wishes to evaluate.

E)inferential Statistic

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