Question

researchers are interested in the average size of a certain species of mouse. They collect the length and gender of each mouse. What is the parameter likely estimated and the sample statistic

Answer 1

Answer:

E. The parameter is μmale - μfemale and the statistic is xmale - xfemale.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sample statistic is a piece of information about the individuals or objects that were selected from a given population. The sample is just a fraction of the total population. Since it is a herculean task studying an entire population, the sample forms a manageable size that allows us to have an insight into the entire population. The sample statistics are now the piece of information about the sample being studied such as the average, mean, median, or mode.  The sample statistics have to be as specific as possible of the factors being measured. In the question, we would have to obtain the mean of both the male and female genders. This gives us an insight into the population under study.

The parameter, on the other hand, is a description of the entire population being studied. For example, we might want to determine the population mean. That is the factor we seek to measure. It is represented by the sign mu (μ).