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question

Differentiate between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

category

psychology

options

  1. Descriptive statistics are for drawing conclusions, while inferential statistics are for describing data
  2. Descriptive statistics use probability theory, while inferential statistics do not
  3. Descriptive statistics test hypotheses, while inferential statistics describe situations
  4. Descriptive statistics summarize data from a sample, while inferential statistics summarize data from the entire population
  5. Descriptive statistics are used to describe situations, data such as measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion. Inferential statistics are used to draw conclusions from the data, to make 'inferences,' to test hypotheses.
  6. Descriptive statistics are based on qualitative data, while inferential statistics are based on quantitative data
  7. Descriptive statistics allow predictions about future events, while inferential statistics only describe past events
  8. Descriptive statistics use measures of sampling error, while inferential statistics use measures of central tendency
  9. Descriptive statistics are used to determine the cause of a trend, while inferential statistics are used to report the existence of a trend
  10. Descriptive statistics apply to a population, while inferential statistics apply to a sample

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stemez-Psychology

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2668
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