Population parameters are difficult to calculate due to
A) cost prohibitions on data collection.
B) the infeasibility of collecting data on the entire population.
C) the fact that samples are difficult to draw due to the nature of the data.
D) both cost prohibitions on data collection and the infeasibility of collecting data on the entire population.

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Population parameters are difficult to calculate because it is often not feasible to collect data on the entire population, and even if it were feasible, the cost would likely be prohibitive. Therefore, researchers typically collect data from a sample of the population and use inferential statistics to make inferences about the population parameters.

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