Question

The Nielsen Company reports that 30% of the television audience watched a world premiere movie. This is used by the network to determine whether to renew or cancel the show for the next season. Is this an example of descriptive or inferential statistics?A. inferential statistics B. descriptive statistics

Answer 1

Answer: A. inferential statistics

Explanation:

Inferential statistics is a type of statistics which takes data from a sample and makes inferences (conclusions) about the larger population from which the sample was drawn. While descriptive statistics is used to summarize and graph a given data, for better understanding of the data.

Therefore, for the case above the data is used to determine whether to cancel or renew the show in the next season (inference) which makes it an inferential statistics.