State the population for this study.

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Use the table below to answer questions 1-3.

Suppose we want to estimate the annual high temperatures of the hottest major cities in the United States. Below is data from 12 cities with the average annual temperature taken from 1971 to 2000 (https://www.statista.com/statistics/226809/us-cities-with-the-highest-annual-temperatures/).

 

City

Temperature (Fahrenheit)

Phoenix, Arizona

87.2

Miami, Florida

84.3

Orlando, Florida

82.8

Riverside, California

80.9

Austin, Texas

79.8

Houston, Texas

79.7

San Antonio, Texas

80.3

Las Vegas, Nevada

80.1

Jacksonville, Florida

79.3

New Orleans, Louisiana

78.2

Tampa, Florida

81.7

Los Angeles, California

75.2

 

State the population for this study.

 

The population is

 
 
 
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Step 1: Define population mean

The population mean can be obtained by the aggregate of every value in the conferred data divided by the complete number of values.

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