Which of the Following Is Most Likely a Parameter as Opposed

question 82

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most likely a parameter as opposed to a statistic?

• A)The average score of the first five students completing an assignment.
• B)The proportion of females registered to vote in a county.
• C)The average height of people randomly selected from a database.
• D)The proportion of trucks stopped yesterday that were cited for bad brakes.

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Definitions:

Groups

Collections of individuals or items classified together based on common characteristics or for the purpose of analysis.

Total N

The total number of observations or participants in a study or dataset.

Expected Frequencies

The counts or proportions one would expect in categories of a contingency table if there were no association between the variables.

Chi-square

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between observed frequencies and expected frequencies in one or more categories.