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 density is the number of individuals per unit area. Population distribution is how individuals are spaced out in their range. Growth rate determines whether a population grows, shrinks, or stays the same size. Age structure is the number of males and females of each age in a population. Population Growth Populations can grow, shrink, or stay the same size. Factors that increase population size include births and immigration, which is the movement of individuals into an area.