Scientists are studying hurricanes to determine the number of hurricanes in the past 50 years that have caused greater than $1 m
illion in damages. Which best describes the population? 1)hurricanes 2)hurricanes that caused greater than $1 million in damages 3) scientists 4)scientists participating in the research.
To successfully perform this study, the population to be analyzed must be the total hurricanes that have happened in the last 50 years. If the population is reduced to only hurricanes that have caused damages of more than US $ 1 Million, we would be skewing the research, leaving many of the dispersion and central tendency analysis invalid. The objective is to obtain conclusions from all hurricanes and not only from a subset of them.
