help! Explain the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics. Cho

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help! Explain the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics. Choose the correct answer below. A. Descriptive statistics describes sets of data. Inferential statistics draws conclusions about the sets of data based on sampling. B. Descriptive statistics is a characteristic or property of an individual experimental unit. Inferential statistics is the process used to assign numbers to variables of individual population units. C. Descriptive statistics arc measurements that arc recorded on a naturally occurring numerical scale. Inferential statistics arc measurements that cannot be measured on a natural number scale; they can only be classified into one of a group of categories. D. Descriptive statistics draws conclusions about the sets of data based on sampling. Inferential statistic*s summarizes the information revealed in data sets.

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OPTION A: Descriptive statistics describes sets of data. [You just look at them.] Inferential statistics draws conclusions about the sets of data based on sampling. [ANSWER, OPTION A]

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