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Chapter 7: Q. 2 (page 454)

Unemployment Each month, the Current Population Survey interviews about 60,000 randomly selected U.S. adults. One of their goals is to estimate the national unemployment rate. In October 2016,4.9% of those interviewed were unemployed.

Short Answer

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The population, parameter and statistics respectively are,

  • 60,000adults in the United States were chosen at random.
  • p=sample proportion of unemployed adults in the United States=4.9%=0.049
  • p=the population proportion of unemployed adults in the United States

Step by step solution

01

Given information

We need to find out the population, parameter, sample, and statistics.

02

Explanation

We know that

  • The 4.9percent is based on the 60,000U.S. adults in the sample, therefore 4.9percent indicates the sample proportion of unemployed U.S. adults, implying that 4.9percent is a statistic.
  • The population proportion of unemployed adults in the United States is the corresponding parameter.
  • p=sample proportion of unemployed adults in the United States=4.9%=0.049
  • p=the population proportion of unemployed adults in the United States

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