A Hospital Administration Would Like to Know the Average Length

question 36

Essay

A hospital administration would like to know the average length that a patient stays in the hospital. It would be almost impossible to look through all of the past records and average the lengths of stay. Instead, a sample of 1000 patients over the last year was randomly chosen and their lengths of stay were averaged. Describe the population and sample in this problem.
Population: ________________________________________________________
Sample: ________________________________________________________

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Definitions:

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