The relationship between a sample and a statistic is the same as the relationship between:.
a. a population and a parameter.
b. a dependent variable and an independent variable.
c. descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
d. measurement data and categorical data.

Option A) a population and a parameter.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sample and Population:

Population is the collection of all the possible observations of an event.A sample is a part of population and always smaller than the population.A sample is a subset of the population.

Statistic and parameter:

Any numerical value that may define a property of the sample is known as the statistic.Any numerical value that may describe a population is know as parameter.

The relationship between a sample and a statistic is the same as the relationship between

Option A) a population and a parameter.