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

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

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

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

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

The statistic is an estimate of a population parameter.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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