Question

#10 consider this claim: “from past figures, it is predicted that 75% of all registered voters in chester will vote in the next presidential election.” is this claim an example of descriptive statistics or inferential statistics? (a) descriptive statistics (b) inferential statistics (c) none of the above

Explanation:

Descriptive statistics summarizes or describes data (e.g., percentages of known data). Inferential statistics uses past data to make predictions/inferences about a population (like predicting future voter turnout from past figures). The claim predicts future voter behavior using past figures, so it's inferential.

Answer:

B. Inferential statistics