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    This document discusses the key differences between parameters and statistics. A parameter describes characteristics of an entire population, while a statistic describes characteristics of a sample from the population. Examples are given of common numerical measures used as parameters and statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and proportion. The document also provides examples to distinguish between parameters and statistics in statistical studies.

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    This document discusses the key differences between parameters and statistics. A parameter describes characteristics of an entire population, while a statistic describes characteristics of a sample from the population. Examples are given of common numerical measures used as parameters and statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and proportion. The document also provides examples to distinguish between parameters and statistics in statistical studies.

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    Math 2: Statistics and

    Probability
    ✓ Distinguish between
    parameter and statistic.
    ✓ A parameter is ✓ a statistic is a
    a number that number that
    summarizes the summarizes the
    data from an data from a
    entire sample.
    population.
    ✓ Parameter and statistic are similar in the
    sense that they both are numerical
    measures which give descriptions of
    groups. These descriptions may be the
    mean, median, mode, variance, standard
    deviation, proportion, skewness, kurtosis,
    or other quantities that define certain
    characteristics of particular groups.
    ✓ The difference between a
    parameter and statistic is the
    parameter describes an entire
    population while statistic
    describes a sample.
    ✓ Numerical Measure Parameter Statistic

    Mean 𝜇 𝑥ҧ

    Standard Deviation 𝜎 s

    Variance 𝜎2 s2

    Proportion P 𝜌

    Number of Elements N n
    ✓ 1. Sixty percent of Metro
    Manila students take public
    transportation in their
    commute to and from their
    school.
    Statistic
    – There is no agency that keeps track
    of how many students actually use
    public transportation. Hence, the
    information must have been taken
    from a survey.
    ✓ 2. One thousand one
    hundred thirty-five of those
    who took the 2018 Bar Exam
    passed.
    ✓ 2. Parameter
    – Since the bar exam takers registered
    before the actual examination, the
    population is small and known. Records
    of passers can be requested from the
    Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and
    the percentage of passers can be
    computed.
    ✓Example 2. For each statistical study
    below, identify both the parameter
    and the statistic in the study.
    1. A researcher wants to estimate
    the average height of women
    aged 20 years or older. From a
    simple random sample of 45
    women, the researcher obtains a
    sample mean of 63.9 inches.
    ✓1. The parameter is the average of
    height of all women aged 20 years or
    older.
    ✓The statistic is the average height of
    63.9 inches from the sample of 45
    women.
    2. A researcher wants to
    estimate the average farm
    size in Kansas. From a simple
    random sample of 40 farms,
    the researcher obtains a
    sample mean farm size of
    731 acres.
    ✓The parameter is the average
    farm size in Kansas.
    ✓The statistic is the mean farm
    size of 731 acres from the sample
    of 40 farms.
    3. The International Dairy Foods
    Association wants to estimate the
    average amount of calcium male
    teenagers consume. From a
    random sample of 50 male
    teenagers, the IDFA obtained a
    sample mean of 1081 milligrams
    of calcium consumed.
    ✓The parameter is the average
    amount of calcium that male
    teenagers consume.
    ✓The statistic is the mean of 1081
    milligrams of calcium from the
    sample of 50 teenagers.

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