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The process of making estimates and drawing conclusions about one or more characteristics of a population through analysis of sample data drawn from the population is known as _____.

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Statistical Inference

Explanation:

Statistical analysis has two main focuses: descriptive statistics and infernetial statistics.

Descriptive statistics summarise data using graphs and summary values such as the mean and interquartile range. Descriptive statistics can help us identify relationships and patterns. Descriptive statistics do not draw conclusions beyond the data we already have. Inferential statistics anaylsis does allow us to make conclusions beyond the data we have.

A defintion of inference is:
The process of drawing conclusions.

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