DESCRIPTIVE VS. INFERENTIAL

The average age of the students in a statistics class is 21 years.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL

The chances of winning the California Lottery are one chance in twenty-two million.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL

There is a relationship between smoking cigarettes and getting emphysema.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL

From past figures, it is predicted that 39% of the registered voters in California will vote in the June primary.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL

A prediction has been made that the chance that a person will be robbed in a certain city is 15%.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL

A recent survey of 2000 adults having an MBA reported that the average salary is more than $65,000 a year.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL

The chances of you getting a new car is about the same as passing your math class.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL

From a past study, it was found that 56% of women are the primary investors in their households.

• DESCRIPTIVE

• INFERENTIAL