TABLE 1-1 The Manager of the Customer Service Division of a Major

question 78

Multiple Choice

TABLE 1-1
The manager of the customer service division of a major consumer electronics company is interested in determining whether the customers who have purchased a DVD player made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products.
-Referring to Table 1-1, the population of interest is

• A) all the customers who have bought a DVD player made by the company over the past 12 months.
• B) all the customers who have bought a DVD player made by the company and brought it in for repair over the past 12 months.
• C) all the customers who have used a DVD player over the past 12 months.
• D) all the customers who have ever bought a DVD player made by the company.

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