Question

The CIA World Factbook cited these numbers for the United States:_____
The birthrate is 13.66 births per 1,000 of the population.
The average life expectancy for females is 81.17 years.
Approximately 316.7 million persons reside in the United States.
Each of these numbers is referred to as a statistic.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

A statistic is an estimation of a particular characteristic of a population using samples.

For example if there is a study to measure correlation between height and intelligence in a sample of 1,000 subjects. The result of the experiment is a statistic that is used to characterise larger population.

The numbers given above are also statistic for instance birth rate of 13.66 births per 1000.