To estimate the average SAT scores of students in a college, six students in the college...

To estimate the average SAT scores of students in a college, six students in the college are randomly selected and their SAT scores are as follows: 1350, 1450, 1320, 1480, 1300, 1400.

(a) (3 points) What is the population of interest?

(b) (3 points) What is the value of sample median?

(d) (3 points) What is the value of sample mean?

(e) (5 points) What is the value of sample standard deviation?

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