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meagbuch

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A recent report stated Based on a sample of 130 truck drivers, there is evidence to indicate that, on average, independent truck drivers earn more than company-hired truck drivers. Does this statement describe descriptive or inferential statistics?
 
  A) Inferential statistics B) Descriptive statistics

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What is statistics?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Statistics is the science of data that involves collecting, classifying, summarizing, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting numerical information.


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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