A Statement About the Population Parameter Based on Prior Knowledge

question 30

Multiple Choice

A statement about the population parameter based on prior knowledge, assumptions, or intuition is called a(n) :

• A) hypothesis.
• B) estimator.
• C) alternative.
• D) acceptor.
• E) guess.

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