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Question 662590: a poll of 1700 randomly selected students in grades 6 through 8 was conducted and found that 53% enjoy playing sports. is the 53% result a statistic or a parameter? Explain Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It's a statistic.
Parameters refer to the population, not to a sample of the population.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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