Question

Can someone help me understand the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics?

Answer 1

https://statistics.laerd.com/statistical-guides/descriptive-inferential-statistics.php
Maybe this ^ will help.

Answer 2

I have this worksheet and I am supposed to determine which phrases are inferential or descriptive but I am having a hard time with one of them. Do you have any examples of each of them?

Answer 3

Descriptive: Statistics that merely describe the group they belong to.
Inferential: Statistics that are used to draw conclusions about a larger group of people

Answer 4

Could you give me one problem on the worksheet? I'll help explain it to you so maybe you can understand and do the rest yourself.

Answer 5

What you put above ^ is correct

Answer 6

The High school will never have more than 12 students in Biology.

Answer 7

That is the statement and I have supposed to figure out if it is descriptive or inferential

Answer 8

Hm...okay. hold on a sec. I'm doing some research lol

Answer 9

totally fine. I have all day to work on this class. :)

Answer 10

I have been trying to look up things too but I can't find anything I understand. :(

Answer 11

Maybe this can help....I got it from a university website.

4. Identify whether the statement describes inferential statistics or descriptive statistics:
a) The average age of the students in a statistics class is 21 years.
b) The chances of winning the California Lottery are one chance in twenty-two million.
c) There is a relationship between smoking cigarettes and getting emphysema.
d) From past figures, it is predicted that 39% of the registered voters in California will
vote in the June primary

Answers:
a) descriptive
b) inferential
c) inferential
d) inferential

Identify whether the statement describes inferential statistics or descriptive statistics:
a) Based on previous clients, a marriage counselor concludes that the majority of
marriages that begin with cohabitation before marriage will result in divorce.
b) 78% of electricity used in France is derived from nuclear power

Answers:
a) inferential
b) descriptive

Using these examples, I think the answer to your question is descriptive, because it basically stating the maximum number of students in biology, which is along the lines of mean, mode, etc., which are all descriptive types of statistics.

Answer 12

Oh that is awesome! exactly what I needed! Thank you!

Answer 13

You're welcome :)

Answer 14

What do you think about this one:
If 9 students take the test next month, approximately 5 will score a 2 or higher on the test.
I think that it would be descriptive right?