Question

question
raymond wants to estimate the percentage of parents that use cloth diapers. he asks a randomly selected group of 200 parents whether or not they use cloth diapers. what is the parameter?

select the correct answer below:
○ the percentage of surveyed parents that use cloth diapers
○ the 200 people surveyed
○ specific \yes\ or
o\ responses to the survey
○ the number of parents
○ the percentage of all parents that use cloth diapers

Explanation:

A parameter in statistics refers to a characteristic of a population. Here, the population is all parents, and the parameter is the percentage of all parents who use cloth diapers. The other options are about the sample (surveyed parents, 200 surveyed, their responses) or not a parameter (number of parents).

Answer:

the percentage of all parents that use cloth diapers