A local manufacturing plant randomly selected 200 items from a production run and 9 of them are defective.The proportion of defective items in this sample is a ________.
A)parameter
B)sample
C)population
D)statistic
E)frame

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The proportion of defective items in this sample is a statistic because it is a numerical measure that describes an aspect of a sample.

A Local Manufacturing Plant Randomly Selected 200 Items from a Production