For each of the following statements, identify the number that appears in boldfa

Question

For each of the following statements, identify the number that appears in boldface type as the value of either a population characteristic or a statistic.

(a) A department store reports that 88% of all customers who use the store's credit plan pay their bills on time.

Population characteristicStatistic    

(b) A sample of 100 students at a large university had a mean age of 24.1 years.

Population characteristicStatistic    

(c) The Department of Motor Vehicles reports that 25% of all vehicles registered in a particular state are imports.

Population characteristicStatistic    

(d) A hospital reports that based on the 10 most recent cases, the mean length of stay for surgical patients is 6.2 days.

Population characteristicStatistic    

(e) A consumer group, after testing 100 batteries of a certain brand, reported an average life of 63 hr of use.

Population characteristicStatistic   

Explanation / Answer

A nunber that describes the characteristic of the population is called characteristic

a) characteristic

b) Statistic

c) Population

d) Statistic

e) Statistic

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