Identify the following as either descriptive or inferential

Identify the following as either descriptive or inferential statistics. The average salary of a random sample of 100 high school teachers in 7010 was less than the average salary of a random sample of 100 electricians in 2010. Is the above an example of descriptive or inferential statistics? It is inferential statistics because it uses two samples to make a claim about two populations. It is descriptive statistics because it uses a sample to make claim about a population. It is descriptive statistics because it summarizes the information in two samples. It is inferential statistics because it summarizes the information in a sample.

Solution

It is descriptive stats as it summarise the analysis of data that helps describe, show or summarize data in a meaningful way such that, for example, patterns might emerge from the data.

So, Option C