Question

Thomas wants to estimate the mean height of students attending his college. He records the heights of 25 randomly selected students attending the college. What is the parameter?A. the heights of the randomly selected studentsB. the mean height of all students attending the collegeC. the mean height of the randomly selected studentsD. the 25 randomly selected studentsE. all the students attending the college

Answer 1

Answer: B - The mean height of all the students of the college.

Explanation:

In statistics, the concept of parameter refers to the value that you want to know about a population to characterize it, for example, mean height, mean age, etc.

In this case, the value that you want to know about the population of the college is the mean height of its students, so the correct option is B.

The following concepts are used in statistics that can be applied to the given example:

- Population (all students of the university).

- Parameter (mean height of university students).

- Sample (the 25 randomly selected students).

- Elements (the heights of the selected students).

- Estimator (average height of randomly selected students).