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a. Give three different examples of concrete populations and three different examples of hypothetical populations.

b. For one each of your concrete and your hypothetical populations, give an example of a probability question and an example of an inferential statistics question.

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a.

Examples of concrete populations include all workers at a company, all students who take the NEET exam in the year 2021 etc.

The examples of hypothetical populations are the Page length of the research paper published in 2012, Average students participating in a scholarship exam at a university in the next academic year etc.

b.

An example of probability questions from a concrete population is, what is the probability of getting at most one king?

An example of probability questions from a hypothetical population is, what is the probability of medicine being more toxic than 15 units?

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Providing example from concrete populations

A concrete population is a well-defined and measurable population.

The examples of concrete populations are:

1. All workers at a company.

2. The number of students participating in a maths Olympiad.

3. All students who take the NEET exam in the year 2021.

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Providing example from hypothetical populations

The population consists of all possible strength measurements that might be made under similar experimental conditions.

The examples of hypothetical populations are,

1. Page length of the research paper published in 2012.

2. The possible samples from a particular type of cancer tissue.

3. Average students participated in a scholarship exam at a university in the next academic year.

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Providing examples of probability questions from concrete populations

The examples of probability questions are as follows,

1. What is the probability of getting at most 1 king?

2. What is the probability of getting a king?

3. What is the probability of getting 3 heads when three coins are tossed once?

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Providing examples of probability questions from hypothetical populations

The examples of probability questions are as follows,

1. What is the probability of medicine being more toxic than 15 units?

2. What is the probability of throwing a ball more than 200 meters?

3. What is the probability of an average student scoring more than a grade of 4.9?

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