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A statistic is ______ .
 
  a. a population
  b. a sample
   c. a single number used to describe a set of data
  d. always difficult to calculate

Question 2

A single number used to describe data from a sample is a ______ .
 
  a. variable
  b. sample
  c. parameter
   d. statistic



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JaynaD87

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D




penguins

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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