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Identify the following as either descriptive or inferential statistics Based on

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Question

Identify the following as either descriptive or inferential statistics Based on a random sample, it was concluded that the average cost of a hotel room in City A has decreased over the past year. ls the above an example of descriptive or inferential statistics? O A. It is inferential statistics because it summarizes the information in a sample O B. t is descriptive statistics because it uses a sample to make a claim about a population O C. It is descriptive statistics because it summarizes the information in a sample. O D. It is inferential statistics because it uses a sample to make a claim about a population

Explanation / Answer

(1) Avg cost of a hotel room in city A:

It is inferential because it used a sample to make a claim about a population.

(2) Avg salary

It is descriptive because it summarizes the information in two samples.

(3) Avg viewers TV watching hours

It is descriptive because it summarizes the information in two samples.

(5)

The data is quantitative because numerical values are used to describe the data.

(6)

Data set's level of measurement is ordinal because the data are categories that can be ranked.