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Q: What is used to estimate the population parameter?
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What sample statistic is used to estimate a population parameter?

A point estimate is a single value (statistic) used to estimate a population value (parameter)true apex


Is point estimate a range of values used to estimate a population parameter?

mabye, mabye not


What is Hypothesis Testing of Point Estimate?

A statistical estimate of the population parameter.


Number used to estimate a population parameter?

The confidence level is 90% the sample size is n=112 and -o =17.


If a population consisted of 75000 people surveying 75000 people from the population could result in a parameter but not a point estimate.?

True


What is the the relationship between population and sample parameter and statistic?

The relations depend on what measures. The sample mean is an unbiased estimate for the population mean, with maximum likelihood. The sample maximum is a lower bound for the population maximum.


Is the sample mean a point estimate of the population mean?

A point estimate of a population parameter is a single value of a statistic. For example, the sample mean x is a point estimate of the population mean μ. Similarly, the sample proportion p is a point estimate of the population proportion P.


What is the absolute value of the difference between the point estimate and the population parameter it estimates?

B. The sampling error


A parameter is a numerical descriptor that is used to describe a population or a sample?

Either.


What is the difference a parameter and a statistic?

A parameter is a number describing something about a whole population. eg population mean or mode. A statistic is something that describes a sample (eg sample mean)and is used as an estimator for a population parameter. (because samples should represent populations!)


What is the difference between a parameter and a statistic?

A parameter is a number describing something about a whole population. eg population mean or mode. A statistic is something that describes a sample (eg sample mean)and is used as an estimator for a population parameter. (because samples should represent populations!)


Does a parameter ever change for a set population?

No, a parameter never changes for a set population.