Definitions of Statistics, Probability, and Key Terms · Example 2
Determine what the key terms refer to in the following study.
A study was conducted at a local college to analyze the average cumulative GPA’s of students who graduated last year. Fill in the letter of the phrase that best describes each of the items below.
1. Population_____ 2. Statistic _____ 3. Parameter _____ 4. Sample _____ 5. Variable _____ 6. Data _____
(a) all students who attended the college last year
(b) the cumulative GPA of one student who graduated from the college last year
(c) 3.65, 2.80, 1.50, 3.90
(d) a group of students who graduated from the college last year, randomly selected
(e) the average cumulative GPA of students who graduated from the college last year
(f) all students who graduated from the college last year
(g) the average cumulative GPA of students in the study who graduated from the college last year
OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §1.1 Definitions of Statistics, Probability, and Key Terms · Example 2
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