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Does a parameter describe a population or a sample?
A parameter describes a population. A statistic describes a sample.
Determine whether the given is a statistic or a parameter after taking the first exam 15 of the students dropped the class?
its a parameter
Is a parameter a measurable characteristic of a sample?
this is false... a parameter is a measure of a mean or mode, a measurable characteristic of a sample is called a statistic.
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!)
What is usually not possible to compute one relies on a sample statistic?
Population Parameter
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