Pooja posted an Question
June 17, 2021 • 21:18 pm 30 points
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What is parameter in statistics ?

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  • Durgesh rawat

    A parameter is a number describing a whole population (e.g., population mean), while a statistic is a number describing a sample (e.g., sample mean). The goal of quantitative research is to understand characteristics of populations by finding parameters

  • Sapare bhavani bai best-answer

    Parameters are numbers that summarize data for an entire population. Statistics are numbers that summarize data from a sample, i.e. some subset of the entire population.

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