alleryStart learning →Organizing and summarizing data is called:
ADescriptive statistics
BInferential statistics
CExperimental design
DRandom assignment
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Descriptive statistics
1. Statistics divides into two broad activities.
2. The first describes the data actually in hand.
3. Organizing and summarizing data is called descriptive statistics.
4. The formal methods for drawing conclusions beyond the data are called inferential statistics.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 1 'Sampling and Data', sections 1.1-1.4_
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