Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Two branches of statistics are________________ and ___________.

• engineering and chemistry

• mathematical and inferential

• inferential and descriptive

• hard and easy

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

• Inferential

• Descriptive

_____________________ statistics consists of generalizing from samples to populations, performing estimations and hypothesis tests, determining relationships among variables, and making predictions.

• mathematical

• descriptive

• inferential

• population

Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential

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

• Inferential

• Descriptive

_____________________ statistics consists of the collection, organization, summarization and presentation of data.

• mathematical

• descriptive

• inferential

• population

Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential

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

• Descriptive

• Inferential

Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential

The Senior Citizens that live in Florida have better memories than the ones that live in Texas

• Inferential

• Descriptive

Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential

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

• Inferential

• Descriptive

10% of college students are predicted to travel out the country during spring break.

• Inferential

• Descriptive

Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential

From a past study it was found that the APR of a certain credit card averaged 12.83%

• Descriptive

• Inferential