STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS
INTRODUCTION OF STATISTICS
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Inferential
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Descriptive
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -If you want a good example of descriptive statistics, look no further than a student’s grade point average (GPA). A GPA gathers the data points created through a large selection of grades, classes, and exams then average them together and presents a general idea of the student’s mean academic performance.
Detailed explanation-2: -A descriptive statistic can be: A measure of central tendency, like mean, median, or mode: These are used to identify an average or center point among a data set.
Detailed explanation-3: -But what’s the difference between them? In a nutshell, descriptive statistics focus on describing the visible characteristics of a dataset (a population or sample). Meanwhile, inferential statistics focus on making predictions or generalizations about a larger dataset, based on a sample of those data.