In Problems 1–5, provide a definition using your own words.
2. Population
Step 1 of 5) Another interesting consideration about the “facts” we hear or read is that two different sources can report two different results. For example, an October 23, 2014 poll by ABC News and the Washington Post indicated that 70% of Americans believed the country was on the wrong track. However, an October 30, 2014 poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal indicated that 63% of Americans believed the country was on the wrong track. Is it possible that the percentage of Americans who believe the country is on the wrong track could decrease by 7% in one week, or is something else going on Statistics help to provide the answer. Certainly, statistics has a lot to do with numbers, but this definition is only partially correct. Statistics is also about where the numbers come from (that is, how they were obtained) and how closely the numbers reflect reality.