Question

A comprehensive survey released by a college reports that the true proportion of all students at the college who use drugs is 0.3. You survey 100 students in your dorm and record that the proportion of students who use drugs is 0.15. The proportion of all students at this college who use drugs is a

Answer 1

Complete Question

The proportion of all students at this college who use drugs is a_____and the proportion of students who use drugs in your dorm is a _____ .

Options

• a. statistic; parameter
• b. parameter; statistic
• c. population; sample
• d. measure of central tendency, measure of variability
• e. none of the above

Answer:

b. parameter; statistic

Step-by-step explanation:

A parameter is a summary of data for an entire population.

Statistic, on the other hand, summarizes data for a sample of the population.

The proportion of all students at this college who use drugs is a parameter and the proportion of students who use drugs in your dorm is a sample.

The correct option is B