Question

Parking at a large university has become a very big problem. University administrators are interested in determining the average parking time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An administrator inconspicuously followed 300 students and carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the population of interest to the university administration.
a. The 250 students that data was collected from.
b. The entire set of students that park at the university.
c. The entire set of students, faculty and staff that park at the university.
d. The students that park between 9 and 10 A.M on wednesday.

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

b. The entire set of students that park at the university.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the University is interested in determining the average parking time of its students, the population of interest is the entire set of students that park at the university.

The correct option is B.

Note that the 300 students whose parking time was recorded forms a sample of the population under study.