A researcher randomly selected 500 students from the total of 8000 students that attended a private college in California in order to investigate the average number of hours spent studying per day at this private college. The researcher found that these 500 students studied an average of 5.75 hours a day. In the previous question, the 5.75 hours a day would be an example of a

Statistic

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Parameter

Statistic

Sample

Population

In the given question the total number of students represents the population i.e population and the population size would be= N= 8000

The number of students selected represent a sample  the sample size would ben= 500

A statistic is used for a given sample e.g in the given question the mean of the sample represents the statistic.

A parameter is used for a population e.g in the given question the mean of the population would be a parameter. A parameter is computed from the entire population

The correct option is statistic.

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