Between 2000 and 2005, 30% of Americans applying for passports listed Asia as th

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Between 2000 and 2005, 30% of Americans applying for passports listed Asia as their destination. Passport officials have the sense that this percentage has increased in the last couple of years. To check this sense, officials take a random sample of 100 recent applications. Of these, 41 listed an Asian country as their destination.

In this context, the parameter of interest, p is:

Select one:

a. the proportion of those in the sample who planned to go to Asia

b. the proportion of Americans applying for passports between 2000 and 2005 who planned to go to Asia

c. the proportion of Americans applying for passports since 2005 who planned to go to Asia

d. The proportion of Americans applying for passports who planned to go to Asia

Explanation / Answer

The parameter of interest, p is the proportion of Americans applying for passports since 2005 who planned to go to Asia

Option C is correct.

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