Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter A sample of 1777

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Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter A sample of 1777 men showed that 20% voted in the past election. Choose the correct answer below A. The value is a parameter because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population O B. O C. The value is a statistic because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population. 0 D. The value is a statistic because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample. The value is a parameter because it is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample

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Here a sample of 1777 men is taken and out of those 20% voted in the past election. Hence it is a characterstic of a sample. A sample characterstic is called a statistics. Hence correct option is

(D) The value is a statistics because it is a numarical measuremet describing some characterstic of a sample.

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