Descriptive vs. Inferential statistics Descriptive statistics: consists of the collection, organization, summarization and

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Descriptive vs. Inferential statistics
Descriptive statistics: consists of the collection, organization, summarization and presentation of
data.
Inferential statistics: consists of generalizing from samples to populations performing estimations
and hypothesis tests, making predictions.
Q4.12 points
Decide whether descriptive or inferential statistics is used:
a) The average number of students in Computer Science courses is 34.
b) Based on the amount of precipitations of the first 3 days, this month's precipitations will be
above normal.
c) The number of dropped cases is 20 out of 100 registrations.
d) The median grade in this class is 77.8
e) Those who sit in the front row tend to be more interested in the class and tend to perform
higher on tests.
f) A survey completed by our department's students revealed that in general 85% all of
students prefer to leave off campus.

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