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Patrick wants to estimate the percentage of parents who use cloth diapers. He asks a randomly selected group of 125 parents whether or not they use cloth diapers. What is the statistic?

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Answer: The percentage of parents who use cloth diapers in the sample is the statistic.

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Answer: The percentage of parents who use cloth diapers in the sample is the statistic.

Explanation:

  • A statistic is the measure of a particular characteristic in the sample which is nothing but a subset of population.

Here, the concern is to estimate the percentage of parents who use cloth diapers.

He took a sample of 125 parents to enquiry whether or not they use cloth diapers.

So, the percentage of parents who use cloth diapers 9in the sampl is the statistic.

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