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Real Studies. Consider the following statistical studies.a. Identify the population and th...

Real Studies. Consider the following statistical studies.

a. Identify the population and the population parameter of interest.


b. Describe the sample and sample statistic for the study.


c. Identify the type of study.


d. Discuss what additional facts you would like to know before you believed the study or acted on the results of the study.

In a CBS/New York Times telephone poll, 973 adult Americans responded to the following question.

As you may know, for the past seven years the United Slates has been holding a number of suspected terrorists at a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Based on what you have heard or read, do you think the US should continue to operate the prison, or do you think the US should close the prison and transfer the prisoners somewhere else?

Forty-seven percent said the prison should continue to operate, 44% said the prison should be closed, and 9% said they had no opinion.

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