HW 1:How are descriptive and inferential statistics related to each other?what do inferential statistics involve that descriptive statistics do not?

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HW 1

Instructions:

For all  questions (i.e., those requiring so),  write at least three complete sentences in your answer (can also write more).

  1. How are descriptive and inferential statistics related to each other? What do inferential statistics involve that descriptive statistics do not?
  2. How does a sample relate to a population?
  3. Under what conditions would you use the median rather than the mean as a measure of central tendency? Why? Provide an example of two situations where the median might be more useful than the mean.