Answer: In Exercises 1 to 4, determine the point estimator you would use and calculate

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Determine the point estimator you would use and calculate the value of the point estimate.

How many pairs of shoes, on average, do female teens have? To find out, an AP® Statistics class conducted a survey. They selected an SRS of 20 female students from their school. Then they recorded the number of pairs of shoes that each student reported having. Here are the data:

\(\begin{array}{llllllllll} \hline 50 & 26 & 26 & 31 & 57 & 19 & 24 & 22 & 23 & 38 \\ 13 & 50 & 13 & 34 & 23 & 30 & 49 & 13 & 15 & 51 \\ \hline \end{array}\)

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QUESTION:

Determine the point estimator you would use and calculate the value of the point estimate.

How many pairs of shoes, on average, do female teens have? To find out, an AP® Statistics class conducted a survey. They selected an SRS of 20 female students from their school. Then they recorded the number of pairs of shoes that each student reported having. Here are the data:

\(\begin{array}{llllllllll} \hline 50 & 26 & 26 & 31 & 57 & 19 & 24 & 22 & 23 & 38 \\ 13 & 50 & 13 & 34 & 23 & 30 & 49 & 13 & 15 & 51 \\ \hline \end{array}\)

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A point estimator is a statistic that provides an estimate of a population parameter. The value of that statistic from a sample is called a point estimate.

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