The Purpose of Inferential Statistics Is to Make a Determination

question 10

True/False

The purpose of inferential statistics is to make a determination about a population on the basis of a sample from that population.

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Definitions:

Parametric Analysis

A type of analysis where the data is assumed to fit a certain distribution or parameters, such as the normal distribution.

Nonparametric Methods

Statistical methods that are not based on parameterized families of probability distributions, used when data doesn't fit the assumptions of parametric methods.

Functioning Time

The period which a system or device is operational and performs its intended function without failure.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A non-parametric test that is utilized to ascertain if statistically meaningful differences exist among two or more categories of an independent variable concerning a continuous or ordinal dependent variable.