According to a 2018 report by the U.S. Department of Labor, civilian Americans spend 2.84 hours per day watching television. A faculty researcher, Dr. Sameer, at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) conducts a study to see whether a different average applies to Cal Poly students. 

a. Identify the variable of interest and whether the variable is categorical or quantitative. 

b. Describe Dr. Sameer’s parameter of interest and assign an appropriate symbol to denote it. 

c. Write the appropriate hypotheses using symbols.