All members of Baptist churches in Austin were polled about

All members of Baptist churches in Austin were polled about the number of cigarettes they smoke a week. N = 3475, and mean number of cigarettes per week is 25, with a variance of 81. Can you reject the claim made by area pastors that \"local Baptists don\'t smoke\"? THINK about populations and samples before answering.

Solution

All the members are polled. The data are population not sample.

Therefore we reject the claim made by the area pastors that local Baptists do not smoke.