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McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 10 Describing Data Distributions.
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Means & Medians Chapter 5. Parameter - ► Fixed value about a population ► Typical unknown.