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What is the definition of statistics?
What is the definition of statistics?
- The analysis of historical trends
- The science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data (correct)
- The process of conducting surveys and experiments
- The mathematical study of shapes and structures
What is a parameter?
What is a parameter?
- A numerical description of a sample characteristic
- A subset of a population
- A numerical description of a population characteristic (correct)
- The collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements, or counts of interest
What is a sample?
What is a sample?
- The collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements, or counts of interest
- A numerical description of a population characteristic
- A numerical description of a sample characteristic
- A subset of a population (correct)
What is the definition of data?
What is the definition of data?
What is a statistic?
What is a statistic?