In the Fall semester of 2001 there were 3,645 female students and 5,009 male students enrolled at BYU-Idaho. What percentage of students during that semester were female?  % (Round the final percentage to one decimal place)   Is this number a parameter or a statistic?     Parameter     Statistic   In a random sample of 300 students from the 2001 fall semester there are 119 females and 181 males. What percentage of students in the sample are female?   % (Round the final percentage to one decimal place)   Is this number a parameter or a statistic?     Parameter     Statistic

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In the Fall semester of 2001 there were 3,645 female students and 5,009 male students enrolled at BYU-Idaho.

What percentage of students during that semester were female?

 %

(Round the final percentage to one decimal place)

 

Is this number a parameter or a statistic?

   

Parameter

   

Statistic

 

In a random sample of 300 students from the 2001 fall semester there are 119 females and 181 males.

What percentage of students in the sample are female? 

 %

(Round the final percentage to one decimal place)

 

Is this number a parameter or a statistic?

   

Parameter

   

Statistic

 

 

 

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