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For each of the following statistical summaries, explainwhether it is a population parameter or a sample statistic. a. In the 2000 census of the United States, it was determinedthat the average households size was 2.59 persons perhousehold. b. In the abc news poll done june 9-13, 2004, 36%of   n=500 persons surveyed said that they supportedreplacing the portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the U.S. $10 billwith a portrait of Ronald Reagon. c. To estimate average normal body temperature of all adults,a doctor measure the temperature of 100 healthy adults. The averagetemperature for that group is 98.2 degreesFahrenheit.   For each of the following statistical summaries, explainwhether it is a population parameter or a sample statistic. a. In the 2000 census of the United States, it was determinedthat the average households size was 2.59 persons perhousehold. b. In the abc news poll done june 9-13, 2004, 36%of   n=500 persons surveyed said that they supportedreplacing the portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the U.S. $10 billwith a portrait of Ronald Reagon. c. To estimate average normal body temperature of all adults,a doctor measure the temperature of 100 healthy adults. The averagetemperature for that group is 98.2 degreesFahrenheit.  

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a. In the 2000 census of the United States, it was determinedthat the average households size was 2.59 persons perhousehold.   - Population parameter b. In the abc news poll done june 9-13, 2004, 36%of   n=500 persons surveyed said that they supportedreplacing the portrait of Alexander Hamilton on the U.S. $10 billwith a portrait of Ronald Reagon.- Sample statistics c. To estimate average normal body temperature of all adults,a doctor measure the temperature of 100 healthy adults. The averagetemperature for that group is 98.2 degreesFahrenheit.  - sample statistics

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