The US Census Bureau Estimates the Number of Illegal Immigrants by by Subtracting

question 85

Multiple Choice

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the number of illegal immigrants by subtracting the

• A) sum of the past annual flows of legal immigrants from the past annual inflows of all immigrants.
• B) current number of legal immigrants from the current total number of all immigrants.
• C) current number of legal immigrants from the past annual inflows of all immigrants.
• D) sum of the past annual flows of legal immigrants from the current total number of all immigrants.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the dispersion of sample means around the population mean, estimating the variability within a data set.

Confidence Interval

Newly defined: A measure indicating the reliability of an estimate, often used to infer about the population parameter from sample data.

Sample

A subset of a population used in statistical analysis to estimate the characteristics of the whole population.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the numbers by the count of the numbers.