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Homework Help: Math: Statistics: Populations
Leo Galleguillos
In statistics, a population is a set of individuals or objects you would like to study. Consider the following paragraph:
Chicago police decide they need to make their streets safer. They decide to stop 15 motorists at random to check if they are drunk driving.
Question:
What's the population?
Answer:
motorists in Chicago
In other words, the population is all of the motorists of Chicago. You must be specific and include the word, "Chicago."
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