Which of the following are examples of descriptive statistics?

A. Flipping a coin 100 times to see if it is fair

B. Displaying sales data in a bar graph

C. Finding the mean of the prices of the cars for sale at a car dealer

D. Using the age distribution data in a frequency table to construct a histogram

E. Testing a random sample of the fish at a pet store to see if they are healthy

Question

Which of the following are examples of descriptive statistics?

A. 	Flipping a coin 100 times to see if it is fair
  		
B. 	Displaying sales data in a bar graph
  		
C. 	Finding the mean of the prices of the cars for sale at a car dealer
  		
D. 	Using the age distribution data in a frequency table to construct a histogram
  		
E. 	Testing a random sample of the fish at a pet store to see if they are healthy

anonymous · Answer

I know nothing about statistics. Everything I know about probabilities comes from the combinatorial section of my discrete math class. Sorry

anonymous · Answer

i think c,d,&e but not Sure

anonymous · Answer

I would say B,C and D. Not entirely sure though.

anonymous · Answer

I agree with Anwar. Descriptive statistics doesn't aim to make inferences. A and E seek to make conclusions about the coin fairness (say the sample is 100 flips with the population being infinitely many flips) and population fish health

anonymous · Answer

Yeah. My understanding is that descriptive statistics are what describe the collected data. That includes features like mean, median and graphs.

anonymous · Answer

yupp , you riqht i just read about it .