OpenStax, Statistics §1.1 Definitions of Statistics, Probability, and Key Terms · Exercise 19 · Statistics · Sampling & experiments
Definitions of Statistics, Probability, and Key Terms · Exercise 19
A Lake Tahoe Community College instructor is interested in the mean number of days Lake Tahoe Community College math students are absent from class during a quarter.
The instructor’s sample produces a mean number of days absent of 3.5 days. This value is an example of which of the following?
(a) parameter
(b) data
(c) statistic
(d) variable
Its source prints no answer for this problem, so there's nothing to check against.
OpenStax, Statistics · §1.1 Definitions of Statistics, Probability, and Key Terms · Exercise 19
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