Discuss the following:
Q: The mean number of college credits earned in the fall by students at City University is to be estimated by determining the mean number of credits earned in the fall semester by the 100 students enrolled in statistics 202.
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Data( one piece of)
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The 100 statistics students
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DATA (set of)
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B
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14 credit hours, the number of credit hours earned by one statistic student
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Experiment
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C
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All students at City Univ
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Parameter
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D
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The mean number of credits for the 100 students
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Population
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E
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The mean number of credits for all the students at city univ
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Sample
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The determination of credits earned for the 100 statistic students
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Statistic
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The number of credit hours earned by one student
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Variable
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The number of credit hours earned by each of the 100 statistics students
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