1.2. (a) The population is all students at the university, and the sample is the 100 students selected for the survey. (b) The parameter of interest is the average GPA of all students at the university, and the statistic is the average GPA of the 100 students in the sample.
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5.2. (a) The z-score of X = 12 is z = (12 - 10) / 2 = 1. (b) The probability that X is less than 12 is P(X < 12) = P(Z < 1) = 0.8413. Note that this is just a sample of
5.1. (a) The normal distribution is a continuous distribution that is symmetric about the mean and has a bell-shaped curve. (b) The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with mean 0 and variance 1. (a) The z-score of X = 12 is z = (12 - 10) / 2 = 1
2.2. (a) The sample space is S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. (b) The probability of rolling a 1 is P({1}) = 1/6, and the probability of rolling an even number is P({2, 4, 6}) = 1/2.
1.1. (a) A parameter is a numerical characteristic of a population, while a statistic is a numerical characteristic of a sample. (b) A population is the entire group of individuals or items that one is interested in understanding or describing, while a sample is a subset of the population that is actually observed or measured.