Question

In the summer 2013, the animal action report stated that 59% of americans between the ages 18 and 29 oppose medical testing. Is this descriptove statistics or inferential statistics?

A. Inferential Statistics.
B. Descriptive Statistics.

Answer 1

Descriptive Statistics

Explanation:

Descriptive statistics is the analysis of data which involves describing or summarizing the data we have at a given time at our disposal. It gives us a clear idea of the characteristics of the sample under study. It however cannot be used testing hypotheses. Using of simple percentages is an example of descriptive statistics. Thus, the use of percentage in the case stated above is a descriptive statistics.