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So far we've been talking about different distributions and their parameters. If we're looking at a population with known parameters, then we're going to be dealing with either a normal distribution or a standardized normal distribution (Post I and II). If we're dealing with samples, we're going to…

Luckily, I took a modern Korean history class in college. :-P

I'd be more curious as to the general population's knowledge of Vietnam, since a significant proportion of the US did serve there, and we spent ages in the war there, much longer than in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Korea.