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Chapter 1: Q. 45 (page 53)

Insurance companies are interested in the mean health costs each year of their clients, so that they can determine the costs of health insurance.

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a. The population is made up of insurance company clients.

b. A sample is a collection of clients.

c. The average expense of the clients' health.

d. The statistic is the sample's mean health costs.

e. The variable is the, X= the health costs of one client..

f. values for X , such as 34,9,82, and so on..

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01

Introduction

An agreement with a corporation in which you pay them a set amount of money on a monthly basis and they commit to cover your expenses if you die or become ill, or if you lose or damage anything.

02

Explanation of a

According to the information presented, the population will be insurance company clients who purchase health insurance.

03

Explanation of b

Based on the information supplied, this data will be sampled from a random sample of insurance company clients who have health insurance.

04

Explanation of c

Based on the information supplied, the population mean health expenses of health insurance company clients will be the data's parameter.

05

Explanation of d

Based on the information supplied, the statistic for this data will be the sample mean health expenses of health insurance company clients.

06

Explanation of e

According to the information supplied, the variable of this data will be health costs per customer per year.

07

Explanation of f

The data will be the variable's value, based on the information supplied.

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