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: 14h

Answer

The statement is an inferential statement.

Work Step by Step

Inferential statistics deals with samples and applies this inference to the whole population. Descriptive, on the other hand, only deals with simple basic features of the data. The result obtained from the sample is applied to the entire population. Hence, this is an inferential statement.
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