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parameter  statistical parameter  distribution parameter  Numeric parameter  numerical parameter
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A quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data WordNet 3.0
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A quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In statistics, as opposed to its general use in mathematics, a parameter is any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarizes or describes an aspect of the population, such as a mean or a standard deviation. Wikipedia
Quantity that indexes a parametrized family of probability distributions Wikidata