Calculating the Average Value of 5 Sample Measurements of Door

question 72

Multiple Choice

Calculating the average value of 5 sample measurements of door width is an example of:

• A)descriptive statistics.
• B)statistical inference.
• C)predictive statistics.
• D)analytical statistics.

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