In the following hypothetical scenarios, classify each of the specified numbers as a parameter or a statistic. There are 100 senators in the 114th Congress, and 54% of them are Republicans. The 54% here is a In 1936, Literary Digest polled 2.3 million adults in the United States, and 57% of them said they would vote for Alf Landon for the Presidency. The 57% here is a The survey results from 12 local parks show the mean height of 60 ft for mature oak trees. The mean height of 60 ft is a The 59 players on the roster of a championship football team have a mean weight of 248.6 pounds with a standard deviation of 44.6 pounds. The 44.6 pounds is a In a random sample of business owners in the United States, it is found that 63% of the sampled business owners attend at least one business conference per year. The 63% here is a

A congressperson wants to come up with a single value to describe the prices of homes in their district. However, their district consists of a few homes that are extremely expensive compared to the others. Which descriptive statistic should they use? a. Range b. Mode c. Median d. Mean

Use the following information for the question. A group of home gardeners want to test whether the type of soil used to grow heirloom tomatoes has an effect on the number of tomatoes harvested. Gardeners randomly assigned tomato plants to be grown in soil with no fertilizer, commercial plant food, and homemade compost. All other growing conditions were kept the same. Forty plants were assigned to each group. At the end of the growing season the number of tomatoes harvested was counted. Assume that all other conditions for the ANOVA test have been met. One-way ANOVA F=0.762135 P=0.5202354 Factor df-2 SS=710.349206 MS=355.174603 Using the test results provided, test the hypothesis that soil treatment affects the number of tomatoes harvested. Use a significance level of 5%. Choose the correct decision regarding the null hypothesis and correct conclusion. O Reject Ho. We can conclude that the treatment of the soil affects the number of heirloom tomatoes harvested. O Reject Ho- We can…

Virginia polled a large sample of individuals to find the percentage of students with known food allergies and the percentage of students without known food allergies. Which of the following could sufficiently display the data if only the two given categories are to be included? Select the correct answer below:   bar graph   pie chart   either a pie chart or a bar graph   neither a pie chart nor a bar graph