A Pew Research Council Poll Recently Showed That 23 Percent

Multiple Choice

A Pew Research Council Poll recently showed that 23 percent of Americans are religiously unaffiliated and among these, 61 percent believe in God. The poll contacted 35,071 adults by telephone. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 0.6 (six-tenths) of a percentage point. Assume a 95 percent confidence level and no bias. The numbers 23 percent and 61 percent in the report on the poll results are:

A) parameters because they describe a population.
B) parameters because they describe a sample.
C) statistics because they describe a population.
D) statistics because they describe a sample.