Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: A Lake Tahoe Community College instructor...

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Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: A Lake Tahoe Community College instructor is interested in the mean number of days Lake Tahoe Community College math students are absent from class during a quarter. 50. What is the population she is interested in? a. all Lake Tahoe Community College students b. all Lake Tahoe Community College English students c. all Lake Tahoe Community College students in her classes d. all Lake Tahoe Community College math students 51. Consider the following: X = number of days a Lake Tahoe Community College math student is absent In this case, X is an example of a: a. variable. b. population. c. statistic. d. data. 52. The instructor's sample produces a mean number of days absent of 3.5 days. This value is an example of a: a. parameter. b. data. c. statistic. d. variable. 1.2 Data, Sampling, and Variation in Data and Sampling For the following exercises, identify the type of data that would be used to describe a response (quantitative discrete, quantitative continuous, or qualitative), and give an example of the data. 53. number of tickets sold to a concert 54. percent of body fat 55. favorite baseball team 56. time in line to buy groceries 57. number of students enrolled at Evergreen Valley College 58. most-watched television show 59. brand of toothpaste 60. distance to the closest movie theatre 61. age of executives in Fortune 500 companies 62. number of competing computer spreadsheet software packages two exercises: A study was done to determine the age, number of times Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: A Lake Tahoe Community College instructor is interested in the mean number of days Lake Tahoe Community College math students are absent from class during a quarter. 50. What is the population she is interested in? a. all Lake Tahoe Community College students b. all Lake Tahoe Community College English students c. all Lake Tahoe Community College students in her classes d. all Lake Tahoe Community College math students 51. Consider the following: X = number of days a Lake Tahoe Community College math student is absent In this case, X is an example of a: a. variable. b. population. c. statistic. d. data. 52. The instructor's sample produces a mean number of days absent of 3.5 days. This value is an example of a: a. parameter. b. data. c. statistic. d. variable. 1.2 Data, Sampling, and Variation in Data and Sampling For the following exercises, identify the type of data that would be used to describe a response (quantitative discrete, quantitative continuous, or qualitative), and give an example of the data. 53. number of tickets sold to a concert 54. percent of body fat 55. favorite baseball team 56. time in line to buy groceries 57. number of students enrolled at Evergreen Valley College 58. most-watched television show 59. brand of toothpaste 60. distance to the closest movie theatre 61. age of executives in Fortune 500 companies 62. number of competing computer spreadsheet software packages two exercises: A study was done to determine the age, number of times