Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780134683416
Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 30E
Identifying Data Sets In Exercises 25–34, identify the population and the sample. Describe the sample data set.
30. A survey of 496 students at a high school found that 95% planned on going to college.
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