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A statistic is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample. It is used to make inferences about the population from which the sample was drawn.
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Parameter: A numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population.
Descriptive Statistics: Statistics that summarize or describe characteristics of a dataset.
Inferential Statistics: Statistics that use data from a sample to make inferences about a population.