Identify which choices would be considered descriptive statistics and which woul

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Identify which choices would be considered descriptive statistics and which would be considered inferential statistics.

a. Of 500 randomly selected people in New York City, 210 people had O+ blood.

b. “42 percent of the people in New York City have O+ blood.” Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

c. “58 percent of the people of New York City do not have type O+ blood.” Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

d. “42 percent of all people living in New York State have type O+ blood.” Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

Explanation / Answer

b) Answer Descriptive statistics.

Reason because 210 out of 500 people corresponds to 42% of population who have O+ blood and this information is true and is the description of the population. No inference is made here.

c.) Answer Inferential statistics

d.) Answer Inferential statistics

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