Swelling of the ankle and feet is relatively frequent symptom in most people. In itself it does not represent a disease but rather the symptom of an underlying disease. 1  Causes of swollen ankles and feet are numerous including:  Dependent swelling (edema)
Report Abuse. POPULATION PARAMETER(p) is a value used to represent a certain QUANTIFIABLE characteristic of a population. This is like the mean or variance of a population and often these values are unknown, and are estimated using sample data.
Population Parameter Definition. Population Parameter is the characteristic of the population. Sample Statistic on the other hand, is a characteristic of the sample. Sample statistic is used to estimate the value of the Population parameter. The value of the statistic will change from one sample to another. So from the distribution of the sample statistic we draw conclusion about the population. A sample statistic need not be always a true value of the population parameter.