Identify the parameter, Part I

Identify the parameter, Part I#

Identify whether the parameter of interest is a mean or a proportion. It may be helpful to examine whether individual responses are numerical or categorical.

Part 1#

In a survey, one hundred college students are asked: “What percentage of the time you spend on the Internet is part of your course work?”

Answer Section#

  • Mean

  • Proportion

Attribution#

Problem is from the OpenIntro Statistics textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
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