population parameter

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noun

Statistics.

1. a quantity or statistical measure that, for a given population, is fixed and that is used as the value of a variable in some general distribution or frequency function to make it descriptive of that population.

   The mean and variance of a population are population parameters.

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population parameter

However, it is more accurate to state that the confidence level is the percentage of confidence intervals that contain the true population parameter when repeated samples are taken.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

The confidence level is the percentage of all possible samples that can be expected to include the true population parameter.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

We saw that once we knew that the distribution was the Normal distribution then we were able to create confidence intervals for the population parameter, µ.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

We wish now to be able to develop confidence intervals for the population parameter "p" from the binomial probability density function.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

Confidence intervals are one way to estimate a population parameter.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013