What Is the Purpose of Statistical Inferences

question 51

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of statistical inferences?

• A)to fully describe the characteristics of the population
• B)to make generalizations about population characteristics from sample results
• C)to estimate mean, median, mode, variance, and skewness of large sample data
• D)to study characteristics of binomial or Poisson random variables
• E)all of these

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