Ping Golf,Inc. ,conducts a study in which they use a probability sample of 600 golfers.They examine the data from the sample and calculate that 28 percent of them own Ping golf clubs.The 28 percent is the:
A)variance.
B)sample statistic.
C)measure of central tendency.
D)the population parameter.
E)the grand mean.

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The 28 percent is a sample statistic, which is a value calculated from the data of a probability sample. It cannot be a population parameter, which is a value calculated from the entire population, or a measure of central tendency, which refers to the center of a distribution of values such as mean or median. It also cannot be the variance or the grand mean as these are specific statistical calculations.