A car manufacturer wants to assess customer satisfaction for cars sold during the previous year. (a) Describe the population involved. (b) Is the population involved hypothetical or not?

a) The target population of interest on this case represent the "customers who bought a car during the previous year". They want to analyze all the people that satisfy this condition in order to see the satisfaction rate of these people

b) For this case the population is not hypothetical since is well defined and they have all the customers who bought a car during the last year, since that info is on the records of the manufacturer from people who bought a car. So then the population is available in order to analyze the question desired.

Step-by-step explanation:

Part a

The target population of interest on this case represent the "customers who bought a car during the previous year". They want to analyze all the people that satisfy this condition in order to see the satisfaction rate of these people

Part b

For this case the population is not hypothetical since is well defined and they have all the customers who bought a car during the last year, since that info is on the records of the manufacturer from people who bought a car. So then the population is available in order to analyze the question desired.