EBK BASIC BUSINESS STATISTICS
EBK BASIC BUSINESS STATISTICS
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ISBN: 9780134685168
Author: STEPHAN
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 1, Problem 48PS

The Gallup organization releases the results of recent polls on its website, www.gallup.com. Visit this site and read an article of interest.

a. Describe the population of interest.

b. Describe the sample that was collected.

c. Describe a parameter of interest.

d. Describe the statistic used to estimate the parameter in (c).

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