Which of the Following Is an Example of Inferential Statistics

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of inferential statistics?

• A) William uses a small sample of depressed people to predict mood changes in a large population of depressed people.
• B) Charles interviews three schizophrenic patients.
• C) Leslie notes the relationships between a psychology professor and the students in her class.
• D) Janet gives participants a personality test both before and after they take a final exam.

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Definitions:

Correlation Coefficient

A numerical measure that indicates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.

Mean

A measure of central tendency, calculated as the sum of all values in a dataset divided by the number of values.

Geometric Mean

The average of a set of numbers or quantities, computed by taking the nth root of the product of the numbers.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set, a measure of central tendency.