Researchers Are Interested in Learning More About the Age of Men

question 36

Multiple Choice

Researchers are interested in learning more about the age of men when they marry for the first time so they survey 500 married or divorced men and ask them how old they were when they first married. The mean of age of the 500 men when they married for the first time would be a .

• A)Population
• B)Parameter
• C)Sample
• D)Statistic

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