Question

A recent survey of the alumni of a university indicated that the average salary of 10,000 of its 200,000 graduates was $130,000. The $130,000 would be considered a:

Answer 1

A statistics

Explanation:

A statistics is used to estimate the value of the parameter of a population. A statistics is calculated or estimated from a sample chosen from the population as a whole. In this case, the $130,000 is calculated from a sample of 10,000 graduates from the whole population of 200,000 graduates.