Question

"at a certain driver's license testing station only 40% of all new drivers pass the behind-the-wheel test the first time they take it. a sample of 50 new drivers from a certain high school found that 36% of them had passed the test the first time. which of these numbers is a statistic?"

Answer 1

The 36% of 50 drivers in a certain high school is a statistic. Statistics are taken from a sample of people, rather than the entire population. The '40% of all new drivers' is not a statistic, because its referring to all drivers at that station, not a sample.