You want to study the cases of women with breast cancer from the state of Nuevo León. In each case, age, type of cancer, location of the cancer and treatment followed, weight, height, blood pressure are recorded. Indicate which of the following would be our physical study population and which would be a statistical population of a quantitative variable:
a. All women with breast cancer in the state of Nuevo León are the physical population and a statistical population with a quantitative variable is the location of the cancer of each of the women with breast cancer in the state of Nuevo León.
b. The cases of women with breast cancer in the private hospitals of Nuevo León are the physical population and a statistical population of a quantitative variable is the blood pressure of each one of the women with breast cancer in the private hospitals.
c. All the women in the state of Nuevo León are the physical population and a statistical population with a quantitative variable is the location of the cancer of each of the women with breast cancer in the state of Nuevo León.
d. All women with breast cancer in the state of Nuevo León are the physical population and a statistical population with a quantitative variable is the blood pressure of each of the women with breast cancer in Nuevo León.
Correct option:
d. All women with breast cancer in the state of Nuevo León are the physical population and a statistical population with a quantitative variable is the blood pressure of each of the women with breast cancer in Nuevo León.
Explanation:
Physical population is the entire set of objects from which sample is drawn. Here all women with breast cancer in the state of Nuevo León constitute the physical population. Among the variables enumerated, blood pressure is qualitative variable. So, a statistical population with a quantitative variable is the blood pressure of each of the women with breast cancer in Nuevo León.
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