In statistics A sample is a part of a population .A sample statistic is any quantity we derive from a sample taken from a population . A sample refers to a set of observations drawn from a population.
We are given A student conducted a poll of 100 internet users and found the average time spent online per day was 2 hours .Here 2 hours is an observation derived from the set of observations made .So 2 hours is a characterstic of a sample.