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A specific characteristic of a sample is known as a

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✅ Correct Option: 4

The question asks what a numerical characteristic calculated from a sample is called.


A population is the entire group being studied. A sample is a smaller group taken from the population.

A parameter is a characteristic of the population (such as the average of all values in the population).

A statistic is a characteristic of the sample (such as the average of all values in the sample).


Population refers to the entire group itself, not a characteristic of a sample.

Parameter describes a characteristic of the population, not the sample.

Population distribution describes how values are spread in the population, not a characteristic of a sample.


A statistic is a characteristic calculated from a sample.

Any measure (mean, median, standard deviation, etc.) calculated from a sample is called a statistic.

Therefore, the answer is Statistic.

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