03. Quiz: Descriptive vs. Inferential (Udacity Students)

Population, Parameter, Sample, Statistic

QUIZ QUESTION::

Identify the population, parameter, sample, and statistic for the below scenario:

Consider we are interested in the average number of hours slept by all Udacity students (100,000 students). I send an email to all Udacity students, but I only receive 5,000 response emails. The average amount of sleep of those that responded was 6.8 hours of sleep.

ANSWER CHOICES:



Term

Description

Population

Parameter

Sample

Statistic

SOLUTION:

Term

Description

Parameter

Statistic

Statistic

Population

Parameter

Sample