Question

A sheriff is interested in the average speed that people drive on Highway 50. Match the vocabulary word with its corresponding example.

A- The average speed that all drivers go on Highway 50
B- All people who drive on Highway 50
C- The average speed that the 250 randomly selected drivers drove on Highway 50
D- The speed that a driver drives on Highway 50
E- The 250 randomly selected drivers who were on Highway 50
F- The list of the 250 speeds that the drivers studied drove
a. Statistic
b. Population
c. Sample
d. Parameter
e. Data
f. Variable

Answer 1

A: Parameter

B: Population

C: Statistic

D: Variable

E: Sample

F: Data

Explanation:

A- The average speed that all drivers go on Highway 50: This is the parameter because it is the mean of the population.

B- All people who drive on Highway 50: This is the Population because it is from here that the sample was taken.

C- The average speed that the 250 randomly selected drivers drove on Highway 50: This is the statistic because it represents the mean of the sample.

D- The speed that a driver drives on Highway 50: This is the Variable because it varies with each driver.

E- The 250 randomly selected drivers who were on Highway 50: This is the sample because it is taken from a part of the population.

F- The list of the 250 speeds that the drivers studied drove: This is the data because it gives us information on the different speeds for this specific research.