Question

Inferential statistics is the branch of statistics that involves using a subset of available data to make _______________ about the larger data set.

Answer 1

The answer to the blank space is conclusions.

Inferential statistics differ from descriptive statistics not just in the level of complexity of statistical methods, but also their use. Inferential statistics are commonly used to draw inferences from the dataset – relationships and comparisons between the datasets are often the goal in using inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics, just like how the name implies, describes the dataset – what’s the average, the midpoint, the highest number.