A sportswriter wishes to conduct a study on the average pitch count for starting pitchers in major league baseball. He wants to estimate the percentage of the time a starting pitcher throws at least 100 pitches in the game. He randomly chooses 500 games and notes the pitch counts for the starting pitchers involved.a) Identify the population of interest.b) What is the variable?c) Give an example of a possible data value.d) Classify the variable.

1. A sportswriter wishes to conduct a study on the average pitch count for starting pitchers in major league baseball. He wants to estimate the percentage of the time a starting pitcher throws at least 100 pitches in the game. He randomly chooses 500 games and notes the pitch counts for the starting pitchers involved. a) Identify the population of interest. b) What is the variable? c) Give an example of a possible data value. d) Classify the variable