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A population characteristic, such as a population mean, is called
 a. a statistic
  b. a parameter
  c. a sample
  d. the mean deviation

Question 2

A probability distribution for all possible values of a sample statistic is known as
 a. a sample statistic
  b. a parameter
  c. simple random sampling
  d. a sampling distribution



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D



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