Technology and Internet NationMaster.com reported that the most recent software piracy rate in the United States was 20%. They define the piracy rate as the number of units of pirated software deployed divided by the total number of units of software installed. One thousand installed software titles are selected. Each is carefully examined to determine if the software was pirated.
a. What is the population of interest?
b. What is the sample?
c. Describe the variable of interest.
d. Write a probability question and a statistic question involving this population and sample.