Descriptive statistics quizzes

How do you do descriptive statistics?
Descriptive Statistics: Reporting the Answers to the 5 Basic Questions of Who, What, Why, When, Where, and a Sixth, So What? Anesth Analg. 2017 Nov;125(5):1797-1802. doi: 10.1213/ANE..
What are the 5 questions that will answer descriptive statistics?
Descriptive statistics summarize the characteristics of a data set.
Inferential statistics allow you to test a hypothesis or assess whether your data is generalizable to the broader population..
What is the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics quiz?
Descriptive statistics are used to describe the basic features of the data in a study.
They provide simple summaries about the sample and the measures.
Together with simple graphics analysis, they form the basis of virtually every quantitative analysis of data..

How many types of Statistics are there?

There are basically two types of statistics – descriptive and inferential

Which of the following sentences are true about descriptive statistics? ( Hint: The answer is in the name descriptive statistics)

Descriptive statistics describe the data

Descriptive statistics enable you to draw inferences about your data, for example does one variable predict another variable? All of the above

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Descriptive statistics only attempt to describe data, while inferential statistics attempt to make predictions based on data

Inferential statistics only attempt to describe data, while descriptive statistics attempt to make predictions based on data

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