Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133956572
ISBN 13: 978-1-13395-657-0

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Statistics - Problems - Page 33: 3

Answer

Descriptive statistical methods are used to describe data by summarizing, organizing, or simplifying it. They allow us to understand many raw scores in a manageable way. Inferential statistical methods are used to make generalizations about a larger population using the raw data from a specific sample. Although they may not be perfectly accurate inferences, inferential statistics allow us to get a good sense of the population.

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Descriptive statistical methods are used to describe data by summarizing, organizing, or simplifying it. They allow us to understand many raw scores in a manageable way. Inferential statistical methods are used to make generalizations about a larger population using the raw data from a specific sample. Although they may not be perfectly accurate inferences, inferential statistics allow us to get a good sense of the population.
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