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:
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. b
7. b
8. a
Explanation:
1. Idiom is a non literal word or phrase, of course cats and dogs cannot come from the sky
2. Onomatopeia is a certain word to express an action like POW! or BAM!
3. Metaphor is comparing two things without using like or as, the two things in this sentence is mom and bear
4. Personification is giving non living things actions, trees don't dance
5. Hyperbole is an exaggeration
6. Alliteration is a phrase with the same starting letter
7. Imagery is a phrase that makes an image in your mind by describing that certain person or object
8. Simile is comparing two things with using like or as, the two things being compared is my dad and an ox
The answer is C. The <span>North Atlantic Treaty organization</span>
