Answer to Question #312786 in Statistics and Probability for Robera

Question

Classify the following sentences as belonging to the area of descriptive statistics or

inferential statistics.

a) As a result of recent cutbacks by oil-producing nations, we can expect the price

of gasoline todouble in the next year.

b) At least 5% of all killings reported last year in city X were due to tourists.

c) Of all patients who received this particular type of drug at a clinic Y, 75%

later developedsignificant side effect.

a) The average age of the students in a statistics class is 21 years.

b) Adane concludes that his chance of passing the first year this academic year is at

least 80% basedon the statistics that 75% of the freshmen passed last year.

Answer 1

Answers

(a) Inferential statistics

(b) Descriptive statistics

(c) Descriptive statistics

(d) Descriptive statistics

(e) Inferential statistics