SOLUTION: A quality-control manager randomly selects 70 bottles of ketchup that were filled on July 17 to assess the calibration of the filling machine. Identify the sample and population

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Question 1181771: A quality-control manager randomly selects 70 bottles of ketchup that were filled on
July 17 to assess the calibration of the filling machine. Identify the sample and population

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A population is the entire group that you want to draw conclusions about.
A sample is the specific group that you will collect data from.
The size of the sample is always less than the total size of the population.
In research, a population doesn't always refer to people.

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