A campaign manager for a local politician is interested in the percentage of Leon County residents who intend to vote in the 2018 midterm elections in November. Residents from each neighborhood in Leon County are randomly sampled. Using simple random sample techniques, larger neighborhoods have a larger number of residents randomly sampled and smaller neighborhoods have a smaller number of residents randomly sampled to get a representative sample. Altogether 434 Leon County residents are sampled. The result is that 39% of the sampled Leon County residents intend to vote in the 2018 midterm elections in November.

1.)The result value 39% would be considered a: Statistic or Parameter

2.) Would using a statistic or a parameter be more appropriate in this situation?

A.)It does not matter as statistics and parameters have the same values.
B.)A statistic because it would be more accurate than a parameter.
C.)A statistic because it may be more easily obtained due to time constraints and available resources.
D.)A parameter because it includes responses from everyone in the sample and will not vary from sample to sample.
3.) A campaign manager for another candidate claims that the sample taken would not represent the population because the entire population was not surveyed. Which of the following provides the best evidence that the sample taken would be representative of the population?

A.)A large enough sample of residents was randomly taken and proportional to the size of each neighborhood in Leon County.
B.)434 is a large enough sample of residents since more than 30 people were interviewed.
C.)There is no evidence to say that the sample taken would be representative of the population.
D.)39% is a large enough percentage of Leon County residents who intend to vote in the 2018 midterm elections in November.