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1. The average annual salary for 35 of a company's 1200 accountants is $68,000.

A parameter B statistic

2. In a survey of a sample of high school students, 43% said that their mother has
taught them the most about managing money.

A parameter B statistic

3. Sixty-two of the 97 passengers aboard the Hindenburg airship survived its explosion.

A parameter B statistic

4. In a survey of a sample of computer users, 8% said their computer had a malfunction

that needed to be repaired by a service technician.

A parameter B statistic

5. In a recent year, the interest category for 12% of all new magazines was sports.

A statistic B parameter

6. In a recent survey of 1503 adults in the United States, 53% said they use both a
landline and a cell phone,

A statistic B parameter

7. In a recent year, the average math scores for all graduates on the ACT was 21.1.

A parameter B statistic

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8. A school principal wants to see which subject the 845 students in his school liked
best. Which choice best represents a parameter?

100 of the 120 students surveyed

A B 845 students
prefer math.
C 120 students surveyed D 700 of the 845 students prefer math.

9. A musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about
the songs.
Which choice best represents a parameter?

A 50 people who bought the musician's last

All B
album

The percentage of all people who

bought his last album that thought the 85% of the 50 people surveyed thought
C D
songs were good. the songs were good.

10. A mayor wanted to see if the people in his town thought he was doing a
good job. Which choice best represents a statistic?

The percentage of townspeople surveyed

A All townspeople. B who believe the mayor is doing a good
job.

C D The percentage of all townspeople who

A random selection of 100
townspeople. believe the mayor is doing a good job.

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Answer Key

1.b 2.b 3.a 4.b

5.b 6.a 7.a 8.d

9.c 10.b

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