An English teacher was interested in studying the words of Macbeth. She took a random Sample of 300 words and wrote down the length of each word. She found out the average length of the words is 3.4 letters. What would be the parameter? Number of words in the sample? All words in the play? Average number of letter per words in the entire Macbeth? 3.4?

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An English teacher was interested in studying the words of Macbeth. She took a random Sample of 300 words and wrote down the length of each word. She found out the average length of the words is 3.4 letters. What would be the parameter? Number of words in the sample? All words in the play? Average number of letter per words in the entire Macbeth? 3.4?
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