Question

A study of parents of kindergarteners included 349 parents who were chosen at

random. Of these parents, 47% said they sent their children to pre-kindergarten. School
records show that only 31% of parents of kindergarteners sent their children to pre-
kindergarten. Identify the statistic and the parameter.
Three hundred forty-nine is the parameter and 47% is the statistic.
Three hundred forty-nine is the statistic and 47% is the parameter.
Three hundred forty-nine is the parameter and 31% is the statistic
Forty-seven percent is the parameter and 31% is the statistic
Forty-seven percent is the statistic and 31% is the parameter

Answer 1

Forty-seven percent is the statistic and 31% is the parameter

Explanation:

Various terms are used in mathematics when it comes to carrying out particular studies in statistics.

A) Parameter

A parameter when is comes to statistical studies can be defined as the term that tells us more about a group or population of people.

B) Statistic

Statistic is a measure that tells us about is a characteristic of a sample or part of a given population.

In the above question, we are told that: a study of parents of kindergarteners included 349 parents who were chosen at random. Of these parents, 47% said they sent their children to pre-kindergarten. School records show that only 31% of parents of kindergarteners sent their children to pre- kindergarten.

According to the definition of Parameter and Statistic that I explained above,

A) The Parameter is 31% . This is

because it tell us about percentage ( a sample) of parents whose children are in kindergarten that sent their children to prekindergarten first.

B) The Statistic is 47% . This is because, it tell us about the percentage of parents that sent their children to prekindergarten.