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CharlieWard

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Which of the following statements is descriptive?
 
  a. The average weight of students in the statistics class is 143 pounds.
  b. The USDA has tested 12 of the corn crop and believes that the total corn crop will be unaffected by last year's drought.
  c. On the basis of incoming freshmen SAT scores, I think that next year's class will have a GPA of 2.48.
  d. On the basis of a survey of 15 of the student body, I think that the students, in general, would prefer fewer potato dishes served in the cafeteria.

Question 2

If I want to summarize the characteristics of my statistics class to my friend, I should use
 
  a. an experimental design. c. inferential statistics.
  b. a correlational design. d. descriptive statistics.


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Chocorrol77

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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CharlieWard

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent

Joy Chen

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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