Question

A professor computing the sample average exam score of 20 students and using it to estimate the average exam score for the 1,500 students taking the exam is an example of inferential statistics.

True / False.

Answer 1

True, It is a example of inferential statistics.

Explanation:

There are two types of statistics which are:

1. Inferential Statistics
2. Descriptive Statistics

In Inferential Statistics we describe the valuable characteristic of the population using a sample of data.

Here, Since the professor is estimating the average score of 1,500 students using an average score of 20 students. So it is Inferential Statistics.