Question

A researcher records the change in weight (gained or lost) during the first semester of college for each individual in a group of 25 freshmen, then calculates the average change in weight. The average is an example of a _______.

Answer 1

Statistic

Explanation:

Generally, when we talk about statistic, we are talking about the characteristic of a sample. A statistic can be said to be a value which is calculated or computed from the values in a sample.

By applying mathematical functions in this case addition and division to the values present in the sample, we have what is now known as statistic.