SOLUTION: A recent article in a college newspaper stated that college students get an average of 5.5 hrs of sleep each night. A student who was skeptical about this value decided to conduct

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Question 1132787: A recent article in a college newspaper stated that college students get an average of 5.5 hrs of sleep each night. A student who was skeptical about this value decided to conduct a survey by randomly sampling 25 students. On average, the sampled students slept 6.25 hours per night. Identify which value represents the sample mean and which value represents the claimed population mean.
a) What is the sample mean? ______ hours
b) What is the claimed population mean? ________ hours

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sample mean is 6.25 hours.
The claimed population mean is 5.5 hours.