A cancer research group was interested in determining the percentage of women 40 years or older that have regularly scheduled ma
mmograms. To accomplish this, they surveyed 500 women in this age group and based on 155 women that responded affirmatively, estimated the percentage of all women in this age group that have regularly scheduled mammograms. This process is an example of _________. a. nominal data b. inferential statistics c. census d. nonparametric statistics e. descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics involves the process of gathering or collecting data on a sample of randomly selected individuals within a large population. This occurs when it is practically impossible to get the data of everyone you need.
There are two methods of inferential statistics, which are:
