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The range statistic is an unbiased estimator of the population range.O TrueO False

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Solution:

A statistic used to estimate a parameter is an unbiased estimator if the mean of its sampling distribution is equal to the true value of the parameter being estimated. The sample range is a biased estimator of the population range.

Then, we can conclude that the answer is

FALSE.

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