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At Cedar Rapids Community College,administrators Want to Determine the Average

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At Cedar Rapids Community College,administrators want to determine the average commuting distance for their students who commute to school.They randomly select 250 students who commute and ask them the distance of their commute to campus.From this group a mean of 19.3 miles is computed.
a.Describe/find the parameter.
b.Describe/find the statistic.
c.Describe the population.
d.Describe the sample.


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