In: Statistics and Probability
For each of the following studies, identify both the parameter and
the statistic
using the appropriate notation.
a. A sociologist wants to know the proportion of adults with
children under the age of 18 that
eat dinner together 7 nights a week. A simple random sample of 1122
adults with children under the
age of 18 was obtained, and 337 of those adults reported eating
dinner together with their families
7 nights a week.
b. A school administrator wants to estimate the mean score on the
verbal
portion of the SAT for students whose first language is not
English. From a simple random sample of
20 students whose first language is not English, the administrator
obtains a sample mean SAT verbal
score of 458.
c. Nexium is a drug that can be used to reduce the acid produced by
the
body and heal damage to the esophagus. A researcher wants to
estimate the proportion of patients
taking Nexium that are healed within 8 weeks. A random sample of
224 patients suffering from acid
reflux disease is obtained, and 213 of those patients were healed
after 8 weeks.
d. A nutritionist wants to estimate the mean amount of sodium
consumed
by children under the age of 10. From a random sample of 75
children under the age of 10, the
nutritionist obtains a sample mean of 2993
milligrams of sodium consumed.