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A random sample of n=31 households is asked the number of TV sets in the household. The responses are
1 0 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 2
4 3 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 2
4 3 2 1 4 0 1 2 3
What is the mean number of TVs?
What is the standard deviation?
What is the best estimate for the mean number of TVs for the population of all American household's?
What is the 95% confidence interval for the estimate?
What is the reliability of the estimate?

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