A study was conducted to estimate the average size of households in the US.
A total of 1000 people were randomly selected from the population and they
were asked to report the number of people in their household. The average
of these 1000 responses was found to be 4.6.
An average computed in this manner tends to be larger
than the true average size of households in the US. True or false? Explain.
What is the parameter of interest?
What is the variable of interest?
What is the population of interest?
Let's Do It! 2.3 - Family Size
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