1st Edition

ISBN: 9781938168208

Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean

Publisher: OpenStax College

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Chapter 1, Problem 51H

Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: A Lake Tahoe Community College instructor is interested in the mean number of days Lake Tahoe Community College math students are absent from class during a quarter.

Consider the following:

X = number of days a Lake Tahoe Community College math student is absent

In this case, X is an example of a:

a. variable.

b. population.

c. statistic.

d. data.

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