You draw a sample of 100 students who are majoring in Economics at Florida State University. You find that the mean GPA in this sample is 3.4. You run a statistical study and estimate the mean GPA of students that major in Economics at Florida State University is 3.1. How would you classify these two values? a. 3.4 is a statistic while 3.1 is a parameter. b. 3.1 is a statistic while 3.4 is an estimate of another statistic. c. 3.1 is a statistics while 3.4 is a parameter. d. None of these e. 3.1 is a statistics while 3.4 is an estimate of a parameter.

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You draw a sample of 100 students who are majoring in Economics at Florida State University. You find that the mean GPA in this sample is 3.4. You run a statistical study and estimate the mean GPA of students that major in Economics at Florida State University is 3.1. How would you classify these two values?

  a.

3.4 is a statistic while 3.1 is a parameter.

  b.

3.1 is a statistic while 3.4 is an estimate of another statistic.

  c.

3.1 is a statistics while 3.4 is a parameter.

  d.

None of these

  e.

3.1 is a statistics while 3.4 is an estimate of a parameter.

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