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Presenting historical information without hypothesis tests or exploratory analysis is:_________.

a) predictive statistics
b) prescriptive statistics
c) descriptive statistics
d) inferential statistics

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Answer:

c) descriptive statistics

Correct. When we present information without any type of hypothesis we are describing the information

Explanation:

We know that we are presenting historical information without any hypothesis and we need to find the right term, let's analyze one by one

a) predictive statistics

False. We can't predict if we are using historical information because predict is for the future and that not applied here.

b) prescriptive statistics

False. This term not exists in reality the most similar term is prescriptive analytic who analyze a series of scenarios fr an information given

c) descriptive statistics

Correct. When we present information without any type of hypothesis we are describing the information

d) inferential statistics

False. If we don't have any hypothesis we can't apply any inferential study and for this case is not the correct option

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