Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 2 - Section 2.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 75: 13g

Answer

The statement is inferential.

Work Step by Step

Through the data given, we know that there are $4776$ answers having been given to the question, so a sample of college students have been asked to answer the question. Yet, in the statement, the representative had generalized that $52.7\%$ of ALL college students always wear a seat belt. How can we generalize like that? He had taken the data from $2518$ 'Always' answers among $4776$ answers received to make such a statement for all college students. So, this must be an inferential statement.
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