SOLUTION: Determine if this statistical study is descriptive or inferential:
A study finds that 21% of children are allergic to nuts.
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Question 353670: Determine if this statistical study is descriptive or inferential:
A study finds that 21% of children are allergic to nuts.
Answer by jrfrunner(365) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if the results refer to a sample it is descriptive, if they refer to the population it is inferential. Also to be inferential there needs to be a statement about the uncertainty or noise in the estimate.
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