A researcher is interested in estimating the average amount of sleep obtained by first-year students at MacEwan University. The researcher obtains a random sample of 100 first-year students from MacEwan from which she obtains an average of 7.1 hours of sleep. Identify each of the

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Section11.4: Collecting Data
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  1. A researcher is interested in estimating the average amount of sleep obtained by first-year students at MacEwan University. The researcher obtains a random sample of 100 first-year students from MacEwan from which she obtains an average of 7.1 hours of sleep.

Identify each of the following

    1. The population
    2. The sample
    3. The population parameter
    4. The point estimate value
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