SOLUTION: Determine if this statistical study is descriptive or inferential: A study finds that the median household income in the US has declined over the last two years.

SOLUTION: Determine if this statistical study is descriptive or inferential: A study finds that the median household income in the US has declined over the last two years.

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Question 634702: Determine if this statistical study is descriptive or inferential:
A study finds that the median household income in the US has declined over the last two years.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since you can't possibly sample EVERY household, this means that you're making an educated guess (based of the data). This tells us this study is an inferential study.
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