Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781260579611
Author: Douglas Lind; William Marchal; Samuel Wathen
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 1, Problem 8CE
(a)
To determine
To explain: Whether the information on the average grade of students for course 201 is collected using a sample or a population.
(b)
To determine
To explain: Whether the average profit as a percentage of revenue for the first ranked corporation in the Fortune 500 for each in the last 10 years is collected using the sample or population.
(c)
To determine
To explain: Whether the information of five pharmaceutical companies’ mission, profitability, products, and markets information is collected using the sample or population.
(d)
To determine
To explain: If the estimate of the amount of memory for a digital music player should be done using a sample or population.
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