Big Al’s Steak House and Trail’s End both claim to have the shortest wait times in town. To check out the claims, Ramon, a restaurant reviewer, records the time it takes to be seated without reservations. The results of wait times for 8 visits to each restaurant are shown in the table.
Big Al's Steak House Wait Times (minutes)
Trail's End Wait Times (minutes)
5 11
13 19
22 14
7 14
20 15
21 20
20 10
12 17
a. Describe the populations and samples for this problem.
b. Calculate the mean wait time for each of the two restaurants.
4 answers
Again, mean = ∑x/n
Mean = sum of scores divided by number of scores.
Im confused How do u calculate populations and samples
What you have are samples from both restaurants. If you plot them out, you can hypothesize from the sample to the population.