The U.S. federal government conducts a sampling survey of high school seniors concerning their plans for future education and em
ployment. One question asks whether they are planning to attend a four-year college or university in the following year. Fifty percent answer yes to this question. That fifty percent is a a
statistic
b
variable
c
data
d
parameter
The correct answer is A. That fifty percent is a statistic.
Step-by-step explanation:
Statistics is the science that studies the collection of objective data from reality and its subsequent analysis for the extraction of specific information on the group from which the data were obtained. Thus, statistics obtains different samples (such as opinions, personal characteristics, etc.) of a certain group, and compares their results with the purpose of establishing objective parameters applicable to the entire society.
In this way, the fact that in a survey 50% of the respondents answer in a specific way constitutes a specific statistic regarding that sample, which can in turn be transferred to society as a whole.
