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Identifying Parameters and Statistics. Parameters are numbers that summarize data for an entire population. Statistics are numbers that summarize data from a sample, i.e. some subset of the entire population. Problems (1) through (6) below each present a statistical study*. For each study, identify both the parameter and the statistic in the study. 1) A researcher wants to estimate the average height of women aged 20 years or older. From a simple random sample of 45 women, the researcher obtains a sample mean height of 63.9 inches.
1 Test statistic. When the null hypothesis involves a mean or proportion, use either of the following equations to compute the test statistic.  where Parameter is the value appearing in the null hypothesis, and Statistic is the point estimate of Parameter.