A researcher records the time it takes to complete a memory task in a sample of 25 participants. He finds that the average participant completed the test in 43 s. The average time to complete this task is called a(n)
A. population parameter.
B. sample statistic.
C. inferential statistic.
D. time trial.
Ans: B
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