Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 1 - The Nature of Probability and Statistics - 1-1 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics - Exercises 1-1 - Page 5: 15

Answer

Descriptive statistics

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Descriptive statistics = methods for organizing, summarizing, and presenting data. In this case, there is a descriptive statistic since it is based on an online survey of $500$ students. The researchers collected survey responses and reported the percentage ($31\%$) without generalizing it..
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