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Tell wether the given value us a statistic or a parameter.

Tell wether the given value us a statistic or a parameter.-example-1
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Solution:

A parameter is a number describing a whole population of data.

A statistic is a number describing a sample of data.

Using the definition above, the following holds;

Options 1 and 2 talks about the entire population of Manila and the Phillipines. Hence it is a parameter.

Options 3, 4, and 5 talks about a sample from the entire population. Hence it is statistics.

Tell wether the given value us a statistic or a parameter.-example-1
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