In a departamental examination in statistics given to 500 students, the mean score was 75 with a student deviation of 8. If the scores were approximately normally distributed. Any descriptive value calculated from a population is called a. statistics b. parameter c. mean d. probability

In a departamental examination in statistics given to 500 students, the mean score was 75 with a student deviation of 8. If the scores were approximately normally distributed. Any descriptive value calculated from a population is called a. statistics b. parameter c. mean d. probability

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In a departamental examination in statistics given to 500 students, the mean score was 75 with a student deviation of 8. If the scores were approximately normally distributed.

Any descriptive value calculated from a population is called
a. statistics
b. parameter
c. mean
d. probability

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