To better understand the student body, a college administrator takes a census of all students currently enrolled at the college.From the census, he finds that the range of ages at this school is 41 years.In this example, 41 years is a:
A) parameter.
B) statistic.
C) sampling distribution.
D) random variable.

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The range of ages is a characteristic of the entire student body and thus a parameter. A statistic would be a measure calculated from a sample of the population. Sampling distribution pertains to a distribution of statistics computed from multiple random samples. A random variable represents a numerical outcome of a probability experiment.

To Better Understand the Student Body, a College Administrator Takes