Use the previous information to answer the following questions about the news program survey.
a. Describe in words the parameter of interest.
b. Identify the numeric value of the statistic corresponding to the above parameter, as found in the television news survey.

In order to understand more about how people in the U.S. feel about the outcome of a recent criminal trial in which the defendant was found not guilty, a television news program invites viewers to go the news programs website and indicate their opinion about the event. At the end of the show 82% of the people who voted in the poll indicated they were unhappy with the verdict.