If one is interested in measuring the variability in a complete population, one is using a(n) __________ measure. If one is interested in measuring the variability of a sample to generalize to an unknown population, one is using a(n) __________ measure.
a. standardized; inferential
b. descriptive; standardized
c. inferential; descriptive
d. descriptive; inferential
Question 2
Which popular measure of spread is calculated by taking the square root of the variance?
a. the average deviation
b. the mean square
c. the standard deviation
d. the standard score