E-Cigarette Survey In a survey of 36,000 adults, 3.7% said tha...

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E-Cigarette Survey In a survey of 36,000 adults, 3.7% said that they regularly use E-cigarettes (based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics)

b. Is the value of 3.7% a statistic or parameter?

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All right, hello, everyone. So this question says, a survey of 25,000 adults found that 42% drink at least 1 cup of coffee per day. Does the value of 42% represent a statistic or a parameter? Option A says statistic. Option B says parameter. Option C says neither. And option D says both. So first, what is the difference between a statistic and a parameter? So The good news is that you can make. A simple association between the first letter of both of these words and their definitions. What I mean by that. Is, for example, the fact that a statistic which starts with an S. Refers to a numerical measurement derived from a sample. On the other hand, a parameter. That starts with a P Is a numerical measurement that's derived from a population. So now, really quickly, what is the difference between a sample versus a population? Well, recall that the population refers to the entire group of people. That the researcher is interested in studying. Oftentimes what happens is that a given population is simply too big for one study to be able to address fully. So, therefore, the most practical thing for researchers to do is to instead use a subset of the greater population to include in their data. That subset, therefore, is the sample. So, in this particular survey, 25,000 adults in this case is the sample. Because it doesn't include every single adult in the population. Rather, it only includes. A certain amount of the greater total. So here We can see now that the 42% that was given in the question is calculated from the responses of the 25,000 adults included in the survey. So it's a numerical measurement derived from a sample. It's derived from a subset of a greater population. So therefore, Option A is correct here because 42% in this case represents a statistic. And there you have it. So with that being said, thank you so very much for watching and I hope you found this helpful.

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E-Cigarette Survey In a survey of 36,000 adults, 3.7% said that they regularly use E-cigarettes (based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics)

b. Is the value of 3.7% a statistic or parameter?

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E-Cigarette Survey In a survey of 36,000 adults, 3.7% said that they regularly use E-cigarettes (based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics)b. Is the value of 3.7% a statistic or parameter?