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POPULATION PARAMETER [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
DEF

A population characteristic such as a population percentage or a population average (arithmetic mean).

OBS

The group is known as the population or universe; the portion is known as the sample. The values in the sample ... are known as statistics, while the values in the universe are known as parameters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
DEF

Grandeur servant à caractériser une population ou la loi de probabilité considérée comme représentant cette population.

OBS

paramètre de population : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estadística
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