Question

In 1997 the interest category for 12% of all new magazines was sports. This describes a parameter. True or false

Answer 1

false ....a parameter is something YOU can change, like asking magazines if they are interested in sports, or interested in photography, or something else. So the 12% is a statistic.

Answer 2

The given statement is parameter.

Explanation:

A parameter is a value that is computed from the population data.

Here given is that In 1997 the interest category for 12% of all new magazines was sports.

Means all the population was considered and out of that 12% were sports magazine.

Hence, it is a parameter.