The Parks and Recreation manager for the city of Detroit recently submitted a report to the city council in which he indicated that a random sample of 500 park users indicated that the average number of visits per month was 4.56. This value should be viewed as a statistic by the city council.

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This value is a statistic because it is a measure that describes a characteristic of a sample (in this case, the average number of visits per month by a sample of 500 park users), rather than the entire population.

The Parks and Recreation Manager for the City of Detroit