Answer: B. The result is a statistic because it describes some characteristic of a sample.
Explanation: Statistics and Parameters are similar in that they are both numerical values that show the characteristic of a given group.
They differ in that the group whose characteristics they show differ. Statistics describe the characteristic of a sample while Parameters describe the characteristic of a population. In this case if the characteristic being measured is the whole country or all the 40 states, the value would be a parameter.
Answer:
The Romans discovered the Silk Road as they expanded their territory into Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.
Explanation:
The Silk Road was a trade route by which goods flowed between east and west.
Answer:
False
Explanation:
There are 24 time zones. Scientists split the Earth into 24 time zones because The Earth spins 15 degrees every 60 minutes, and after 24 hours has spun a full 360 degrees.