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What is inferential statistics?

What is inferential statistics? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (statistics) A branch of statistics studying statistical inference—drawing conclusions about a population from a random sample drawn from it, or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time.
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When inferential statistics are presented, then the study is either correlational or causal.
This more subtle observation cannot be appreciated without a minimal knowledge of introductory inferential statistics and the ability to do long division.
A quantitative approach is used when descriptive or inferential statistics are required.
The training includes a basic introduction to the concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics.
Highlight opportunities or problem areas in your results when you include inferential statistics.
This way of generalizing results from a sample to the entire population is called inferential statistics.

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