Chapter 7.1, Problem 26E

To determine

To find: the following is true.

Answer to Problem 26E

78% is a parameter and 72% is a statistic.

Explanation of Solution

The population is having all individuals about which want to collect information.

A sample is the part of the population of which information was actually collected.

It is observed that the sample is the 100 students in the random sample, where the population then requires being all students at a particular college.

A parameter is a descriptive measure for a population, where a statistic is a descriptive measure for a sample.

The 72% is on the basis of 100 students in the random sample and therefore 72% is a statistic.

The 78% is on the basis of all students at a particular college and therefore the 78% is based on the population, which implies that 78% is parameter.

Hence, the correct option is (c)