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The Size of a Star's Image in a Photo Tells

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The size of a star's image in a photo tells you how _______________ the star appears.


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Statistic

A statistic is a single measure, reported as a number, used to summarize a sample and to estimate the corresponding value in the larger population from which the sample was drawn.

Parameter

A parameter is a numerical characteristic of a population, such as its mean or standard deviation, as opposed to a statistic of a sample.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data.

Outliers

Observations in a dataset that are significantly distant from the other observations, potentially indicating a measurement error or a different population.

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