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During a thesis meeting, Dr. Volde suggests that Anwen consider using inferential statistics in her upcoming research project. After the meeting, Anwen meets her friend Jack and confesses that she doesnt know what Dr. Volde is talking about. Jack explains that inferential statistics ____.
 
  a. are measures of central tendency and variability.
  b. are mathematical procedures used to draw conclusions from data.
  c. usually involve correlation coefficients.
  d. cannot be statistically significant by definition.

Question 2

For his sociology research paper, Sawyer would like to report descriptive statistics from his survey findings. In other words, the statistics Sawyer plans to report will ____.
 
  a. summarizea data set numerically
  b. be statistically significant
  c. allow him to make inferences about a data set
  d. reveal a cause-effect relationship



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
a



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