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Consumer Reports collects data from their readers and asks them to answer questions about their smart...

Consumer Reports collects data from their readers and asks them to answer questions about
their smart phones. They find that 80% of their readers rate their smart phones as excellent
overall. In a summary of 50 randomly selected readers they found that 40% would buy the same
brand of smart phone in the future.
a) Describe the population and the sample that they used
b) Give an example of a parameter and an example of a statistic.

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