SOLUTION: Sleeping in college: A recent article in a college newspaper stated that college students get an average of 5 hrs of sleep each night. A student who was skeptical about this value

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Question 1192153: Sleeping in college: A recent article in a college newspaper stated that college students get an average of 5 hrs of sleep each night. A student who was skeptical about this value decided to conduct a survey by randomly sampling 38 students. On average, the sampled students slept 6.2 hours per night. Identify which value represents the sample mean and which value represents the claimed population mean.
Answer by CPhill(1959) About Me  (Show Source):
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* **Sample mean:** 6.2 hours (This is the average sleep time of the students *in the survey*.)
* **Claimed population mean:** 5 hours (This is the average sleep time of *all* college students, according to the article.)