Population and parameters
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1. Parameter is used to refer to a ?_______ value
2. A population is all of something about which an ?_______is to be made.
3. Statistics may be used to refer to a ? ______value.
4. When we want to minimize the effect of one or more extreme scores, we should use the ? _______ to represent the average score of the distribution.
5. In finding the average size of automobile tire that is purchased, the mean or median size might be a tire that does not exist. Therefore, one would want to know the size of tire bought most often. This would be the ? ____________
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actual definition: A parameter is a statistical quantity, such as a mean, median or standard deviation of a total population. It can be calculated from data and ...
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