population parameter

American

noun

Statistics.

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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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 population parameter for the binomial is p.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The confidence interval is likely to include the unknown population parameter.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The statistic is an estimate of a population parameter.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

Statistic a numerical characteristic of the sample; a statistic estimates the corresponding population parameter.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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