document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1088412>Question 1088412</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve the following problem: Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between a parameter and a statistic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. a parameter has a sampling distribution with the statistic as its mean<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. a parameter has a sampling distribution that can be used to determine what valuesthe statistic is likely to have in repeated samples<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. a parameter is used to estimate statistic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. a statistic is used to estimate a parameter </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "D<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We don't know parameters.  We do know statistics. </SPAN>\n" );
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