Most Population Growth in the U

question 8

Multiple Choice

Most population growth in the U.S. during the fifty years after 1800 occurred where?

• A) The Midwest
• B) The South
• C) The Atlantic seaboard
• D) California (mainly because of the gold rush)
• E) Appalachia

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A numerical characteristic or measure that describes an aspect of a population.

Sampling Error

The discrepancy between the statistical characteristics of a sample and those of the population from which the sample was drawn.

Sample Variance

A measure of dispersion that calculates how much the numbers in a sample differ from the mean of the sample.

Unbiased Estimate

An estimator or prediction that, on average, exactly matches the parameter being estimated in the population.