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Florida has played a key role in recent elections. Voter registration records show that 41% of Florida voters are registered as Democrats and 37% as Republicans (Most of the others did not choose a party.) To test a random digit dialing device, you use it to call 250 randomly chosen residential telephones in Florida. Of the registered voters contacted, 33% are registered Democrats. Is each of the boldface numbers a parameter or a statistic?

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