Question

In 1994, the General Social Survey had a question that asked its participants (that currently smoked) if they had ever tried to quit smoking. Out of 142, 117 said yes, they had tried to quit smoking. Define the parameter.

Answer 1

Answer:

0.8239 is the population proportion of participants that tried quitting smoking.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Sample size, n = 142

Participants that tried quitting smoking = 117

Parameter:

• A parameter is a numerical value that describes a population.

Population proportion can be calculated as:

$p = \dfrac{x}{n} \\\\p= \dfrac{117}{142} \\\\p= 0.8239$

0.8239 is the population proportion of participants that tried quitting smoking.