a. When John F. Kennedy was elected to the presidency, he received 49.72% of the 68,838,000 votes cast. The collection of all of those votes is the population being considered. Is 49.72% a parameter or a statistic?

b. Part (a) gives the total votes cast in the 1960 presidential election. Consider the total numbers of votes cast in all presidential elections. Are those values discrete or continuous?

c. What is the number of votes that Kennedy received when he was elected to the presidency?