A Cancer Research Group Was Interested in Determining the Percentage

question 20

Multiple Choice

A cancer research group was interested in determining the percentage of women 40 years or older that have regularly scheduled mammograms. To accomplish this, they surveyed 500 women in this age group and based on 155 women that responded affirmatively, estimated the percentage of all women in this age group that have regularly scheduled mammograms. This process is an example of ___.

• A) categorical data
• B) quantitative data
• C) descriptive statistics
• D) inferential statistics
• E) census

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