Parking at a large university has become a very big problem. University administrators are interested in determining the average parking time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An administrator inconspicuously followed 250 students and carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the population of interest to the university administration.
A) the 250 students that data was collected from
B) the entire set of students that park at the university
C) a single student that parks at the university
D) the parking time, defined to be the amount of time the student spent finding a parking spot

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The population of interest is the entire set of students that park at the university because the university administration is interested in determining the average parking time of all students, not just the 250 students that data was collected from.

Parking at a Large University Has Become a Very Big