Instructions
Question 1
Timothy wants to estimate the percentage of homeowners that own at least one dog. He surveys 100 randomly selected homeowners to determine whether or not they own dogs. What is the parameter?
- All homeowners
- Specific responses to the survey
- The percentage of all homeowners that own at least one dog.
- The 100 homeowners surveyed.
- The percentage of surveyed homeowners that own at least one dog.
Question 2
Raymond wants to estimate the percentage of parents who use cloth diapers. He asks a randomly selected group of 200 parents whether or not they use cloth diapers. What is the data?
- The percentage of all parents who use cloth diapers
- The 200 people surveyed
- All parents who use cloth diapers
- The percentage of surveyed parents who use cloth diapers
- Specific “Yes” or “No” responses to the survey.
Question 3
Raymond wants to estimate the percentage of parents who use cloth diapers. He asks a randomly selected group of 200 parents whether or not they use cloth diapers. What is the parameter?
- The percentage of surveyed parents who use cloth diapers
- The 200 people surveyed
- Specific “yes” or “no” responses to the survey
- The number of parents
- The percentage of all parents who use cloth diapers
Question 4
Angela wants to estimate the mean number of siblings for each student in her school. She records the number of siblings for each of 200 randomly selected students in the school. What is the data?
- The mean number of siblings for all students in the school
- The mean number of siblings for the randomly selected students
- The specific number of siblings for each randomly selected student
- All the students in the school
- The 200 randomly selected students.
ANSWERS
Question 1
Timothy wants to estimate the percentage of homeowners that own at least one dog. He surveys 100 randomly selected homeowners to determine whether or not they own dogs. What is the parameter?
- All homeowners
- Specific responses to the survey
- The percentage of all homeowners that own at least one dog.
- The 100 homeowners surveyed.
- The percentage of surveyed homeowners that own at least one dog.
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