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Chapter 1: Q.47 (page 53)

A marriage counselor is interested in the proportion of clients she counsels who stay married.

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a. All of the clients are counselled by the population.

b. This marital counselor's clients are an example.

c. The percentage of her clientele who remain married.

d. The percentage of the counselor's clients who stay married is the statistic.

e. The variable is X= the number of married couples who stay together.

f. The variable, such as yes or no, provides the data.

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01

Introduction

Marriage counselling is a sort of psychotherapy for married couples or long-term partners with the goal of resolving marital issues.

02

Explanation of a

The population will be the counselor's clients, according to the information supplied.

03

Explanation of b

According to the information supplied, a sample of this data will be drawn from a randomly selected group of counselor's clients.

04

Explanation of c

Based on the information supplied, the proportion of all counsellor clients who remain married will be the data's parameter.

05

Explanation of d

Based on the information supplied, the statistic of this data will be the proportion of the counselor's sample of clients who are still married.

06

Explanation of e

The number of clients who stay married will be a variable in this data, according to the information supplied.

07

Explanation of f

The data will be the yes/no replies of the variable, according to the details specified.

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