The Chamber of Commerce Wants to Assess Its Membership's Opinions

question 147

Multiple Choice

The Chamber of Commerce wants to assess its membership's opinions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.One-hundred of the 2,000 members are randomly selected and contacted by telephone.Seventy-five reported an overall favorable opinion, and twenty-five reported an overall unfavorable opinion.The proportion, 0.75, is a ___________.

• A)parameter
• B)statistic
• C)population
• D)sample
• E)frame

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Definitions:

Curvilinear Relationship

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Extraverted

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