Complete Question
The proportion of all students at this college who use drugs is a_____and the proportion of students who use drugs in your dorm is a _____ .
Options
- a. statistic; parameter
- b. parameter; statistic
- c. population; sample
- d. measure of central tendency, measure of variability
- e. none of the above
Answer:
b. parameter; statistic
Explanation:
A parameter is a summary of data for an entire population.
Statistic, on the other hand, summarizes data for a sample of the population.
The proportion of all students at this college who use drugs is a parameter and the proportion of students who use drugs in your dorm is a sample.
The correct option is B