Parking at a University Has Become a Problem

question 73

Multiple Choice

Parking at a university has become a problem. University administrators are interested in determining the average time it takes a student to find a parking spot. An administrator inconspicuously followed 240 students and recorded how long it took each of them to find a parking spot. Identify the population of interest to the university administration.

• A) the entire set of students who park at the university
• B) the 240 students about whom the data were collected
• C) the entire set of faculty, staff, and students who park at the university
• D) the students who park at the university between 9 and 10 AM on Wednesdays

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