Question

An educational researcher used school records to determine that, in one school district, 84% of children living in two-parent homes graduated high school while 75% of children living in single-parent homes graduated high school. Determine the parameter of interest.

Answer 1

Your parameter of interest is the thing that your research is focusing on. For example, if you want to find the weight of an average goat, your parameter of interest will be the weight of an average goat.

In this case, you will have two parameters of interest: percentages of children in a school district living in two-parent homes that graduated high school, and percentages of children living in single-parent homes that graduated from high school.

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