A horticulturist plants ten saplings each of 20 different types of plants in his garden. He wants to observe the growth pattern in these samples so that he can later plant them in larger quantities in the community garden. What kind of data analysis would he be using by doing so?

Descriptive data analysis

Sequential data analysis

Inferential data analysis
@aaronq

Question

A horticulturist plants ten saplings each of 20 different types of plants in his garden. He wants to observe the growth pattern in these samples so that he can later plant them in larger quantities in the community garden. What kind of data analysis would he be using by doing so?



Descriptive data analysis



Sequential data analysis 



Inferential data analysis 
@aaronq

aaronq · Answer

He wants to study it to make generalizations about the growth process and apply them elsewhere. Do you know what the words "description", "sequence" and "inference" mean?

anonymous · Answer

Kinda , I think the answer is B , am I right ?

aaronq · Answer

This is what inference means "Inference is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true."

aaronq · Answer

sequential is different, it would be studying various things in some sort of sequence. He's not doing that here.

anonymous · Answer

So its C .

aaronq · Answer

yes

killerkatie · Answer

This is C for plato users.