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Definition

A quantity that describes or characterizes a statistical population (e.g. population Mean, population standard deviation). The corresponding values for Samples are called statistics. These statistics are used to estimate the value of the parameters which are usually fixed but unknown. For instance, the sample mean estimates the population mean. Parameters are usually designated by Greek letters, while statistics are designated by Roman letters.

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