STAT TECH IN BUSINESS & ECON AC
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Author: Lind
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 1, Problem 11CE
Best Buy sells Fitbit wearable technology products that track a person’s activity. For example, the Fitbit technology collects daily information on a person’s number of steps so that a person can track calories consumed. The information can be synced with a cell phone and displayed with a Fitbit app. Assume you know the daily number of Fitbit Flex 2 units sold last month at the Best Buy store in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Describe a situation where the number of units sold is considered a sample. Illustrate a second situation where the number of units sold is considered a population.
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STAT TECH IN BUSINESS & ECON AC
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