population parameter

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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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Alpha is the probability that the confidence interval does not contain the unknown population parameter.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

We can now manipulate this formula in just the same way we did for finding the confidence intervals for a mean, but to find the confidence interval for the binomial population parameter, p.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

Without any other information concerning the population parameter p, this is the common practice.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

The test statistic is not in the tail: Cannot Reject the null, the sample data are compatible with the hypothesized population parameter.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

Remember that a confidence interval is created for an unknown population parameter like the population mean, μ.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013

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