In Point Estimation

question 63

Multiple Choice

In point estimation

• A) data from the population is used to estimate the population parameter.
• B) data from the sample is used to estimate the population parameter.
• C) data from the sample is used to estimate the sample statistic.
• D) the mean of the population equals the mean of the sample.

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Definitions:

Observed Z Value

The Z Score calculated based on sample data, representing the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set of numbers, calculated by summing all the observations and dividing by the number of observations in the sample.

Population Average

The sum of all the values in a population divided by the number of values, representing the central tendency of the population data.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used in the context of estimating the population mean.