Concept explainers
To find: The parameter, population, sample and the statistic using the provided information
Explanation of Solution
Given:
An irregular example of individuals who marked a card saying they planned to stop smoking were reached nine months after the fact. It turned out that 210 (21%) of the tested people had not smoked in the course of recent months.
The individuals that are studied is considered as the population. Here, people who are agreeing that they are intended to quit smoking.
Sample is the subpart of the population which is studied to get the information about the population. Here, sample is the 1000 people.
Parameter is the measure of the original population. Here, the proportion of person who have not smoked in last 6 months.
Statistic is the measure of the sample. Here, proportion of the people that have not smoked in the past 6 months.
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