Question

In a national survey substance abuse conducted by the University of Michigan, 5.1% of 1,100 respondents who were full-time college students reported daily or near-daily use of marijuana - defined as 20 or more occasions of use in the prior 30 days.

a. What is the population being studied in this survey?

b. Is the underlined value a parameter or statistic?

c. What is the sample?

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Answer 1

Question 1

a. What is the population being studied in this survey?

Answer : full-time students who use marijuana,

b. Is the underlined value a parameter or statistic?

Answer : Here the underlined value is a statistic.

c. What is the sample?

Answer : Here sample is 1100 respondents who were full time college students.