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MBA 604 Introduction Probaility and Statistics Lecture Notes

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T F (vii) The median is a better measure of central tendency than the mean when a<br />

distribution is badly skewed.<br />

T F (viii) Although we may have a large mass of data, statistical techniques allow us<br />

to adequately describe <strong>and</strong> summarize the data with an average.<br />

T F (ix) A sample is a subset of the population.<br />

T F (x) A statistic is a number that describes a population characteristic.<br />

T F (xi) A parameter is a number that describes a sample characteristic.<br />

T F (xii) A population is a subset of the sample.<br />

T F (xiii) A population is the complete collection of items under study.<br />

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