There Are Basically Two Types of Statistics - Descriptive and Inferential

question 25

Multiple Choice

There are basically two types of statistics - descriptive and inferential. Which of the following sentences are true about descriptive statistics?

• A)All of the above.
• B)Descriptive statistics describe the data.
• C)Descriptive statistics enable you to make decisions about your data, for example, is one group mean significantly different from the population mean?
• D)Descriptive statistics enable you to draw inferences about your data, for example does one variable predict another variable?

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