Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter. A study was con

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Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter. A study was conducted of all 775 college students in a certain country. The value is a parameter because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample. The value is a parameter because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population. The value is a statistic because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population. The value is a statistic because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample.

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Here, the 775 students are already all the students in that country (that's a small country!). Anyway, it is a population. Thus,

OPTION B: The value is a parameter because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population. [ANSWER]

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