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ap345

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Explain the difference between a survey and a census.

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Explain what the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.



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Answer to Question 1

A survey is based on results from a (representative) sample, or subset, of the population, while a census is based on results from the entire population.

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The difference between the two methods is that descriptive statistics is limited to only the data being summarized, whereas inferential statistics applies to a larger population than those observed




ap345

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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