document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=933297>Question 933297</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> State whether each boldface number in the following statements is a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "parameter or a statistic.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) A telemarketing firm in Toronto uses a device that dials residential telephone numbers in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that city at random. Of the first 100 numbers dialed, 43 were unlisted. This is not surprising,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because 52% of all Toronto residential phones are unlisted.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choose one: 43 is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose one: 52% is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) A survey of 1000 Canadians found that 65% of the people surveyed believe that global<BR>\n" );
document.write( "warming is really happening. On the other hand, a survey of 1000 Americans found that 40% of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the people surveyed believe in global warming.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choose one: 65% is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose one: 40% is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) You volunteer for door-to-door fund-raising campaign for your favourite charity. The central<BR>\n" );
document.write( "office of the charity tells you that 65% of Canadians donate money when approached<BR>\n" );
document.write( "personally. On your first day, 30 of the 50 homes that you go to donate some money. The<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mean amount they donated per household is $20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choose one: 65% is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose one: 30 is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose one: $20 is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(d) The charity office in part (c) also tells you that Canadians donate on average an amount of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$25 when approached personally. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Choose one: $25 is (i) a statistics (ii) a parameter  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Parameters: summarize data for an entire population. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Statistics: summarize data from a sample<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) 43 (Statistic), 52% (Parameter)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Will Let You finish the remaining. IF refers to Sample (Statistic) SS </SPAN>\n" );
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