In order to estimate the amount of TV watched by New York City adults, a sociologist surveys a random sample of adults from this city. The average (mean) of the raw scores is a _________.
A) population
B) sample
C) statistic
D) parameter

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The average (mean) of the raw scores from a random sample of adults is a statistic because it is a measure that describes a characteristic of a sample.

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