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In 2008, a university in the mid-western United States surveyed its full-time first-year s...

In 2008, a university in the mid-western United States surveyed its full-time first-year students after they completed their first semester. Surveys were electronically distributed to all 3,727 students, and responses were obtained from 2,821 students. Of the students surveyed, 90.1% indicated that they had studied with other students, and 57.1% indicated that they had tutored another student. The report also noted that 61.3% of the students surveyed came to class late at least once, and 45.8% admitted to being bored in class at least once.

a. Describe the population of interest.


b. Describe the sample that was collected.


c. Describe a parameter of interest.


d. Describe the statistic used to estimate the parameter in (c).

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