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3 July, 00:21

A manufacturer of children's toys wants to know what percentage of all of their toys are defective. When a sample of 500 of their toys is selected at random and examined, 2% are found to be defective. The number 2% is an example of a:

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  1. 3 July, 00:59
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    Step-by-step explanation:

    2% is an example of an statistic.

    Statistics are characteristics that describe a sample of the population. In this case, 2% refers to the fraction of defective toys in the 500 toys sample, and not the whole population of toys.

    Parameters, on the other hand, are characteristics that pertain to a population. The percentage of all toys that is defective would be a parameter.
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