For many years, a large book publisher has published an expansive series of introductory science books for the general public. The chief editor of the series has always encouraged his writers to write reasonably short books. According to the chief editor's recollections, the books published in the series have a population mean of 151 pages with a population variance of 961 pages².
To check his recollections, the chief editor takes a random sample of 25 books in the series. These books have a sample mean of 167 pages with a sample variance of 784 pages².
Fill in the blanks below with the proper notation for the population mean, the sample mean, and the sample variance.
Population mean: (Choose one) ā¼ = 151 pages
Sample mean: (Choose one) ā¼ = 167 pages
Sample variance: (Choose one) ⼠= 784 pages²