An engineer wants to know if the computer chips coming off of an assembly line are within specifications. She randomly chooses 36 chips and tests them. What is the population (actually the group of elementary units) in this study? What is the sample? (This is slightly tricky. The population is conceptual; it doesn't actually exist.)

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An engineer wants to know if the computer chips coming off of an assembly line are within specifications. She randomly chooses 36 chips and tests them. What is the population (actually the group of elementary units) in this study? What is the sample? (This is slightly tricky. The population is conceptual; it doesn't actually exist.)

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Jocelyn Rose · Answer 1

Population: The computer chips coming off of an assembly line.

Sample: The selected 36 chips coming off an assembly line.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the undergoing study the population is always consists of set of all possible units and sample is a part or subset of population. The population of interest in the study conducted by engineer to check the whether the computer chips coming off of an assembly line are within the specification consists of all the computer chips coming off of an assembly line. The sample in the undergoing study are the selected 36 computer chips coming off of an assembly line.