The Decline of the Long Drive and the Cattle Boom

question 82

Multiple Choice

The decline of the long drive and the cattle boom resulted from

• A) the settlement of homesteading farmers on range land.
• B) a series of extraordinarily severe winters.
• C) overgrazing and overproduction.
• D) the inability to recruit enough veteran cowboys.
• E) barbed-wire fencing.

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Definitions:

Population Size

The total number of individuals or units in the population being studied.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that describes a characteristic of an entire population.

Sample Statistic

A sample characteristic, such as a sample mean x, a sample standard deviation s, a sample proportion p, and so on. The value of the sample statistic is used to estimate the value of the corresponding population parameter.

Simple Random Sample

A segment of a statistical population where every individual in the segment is equally likely to be selected.