Parking at a University Has Become a Problem

question 7

Essay

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 220 students and recorded how long it took each of them to find a parking spot. Identify the population, sample, and variable of interest to the administrators.

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