Multiple Choice
Why do we need descriptive statistics?
A) Descriptive statistics summarize data and tell us about various characteristics of a dataset.
B) Descriptive statistics allow us to generalize to the population
C) Descriptive statistics is critical for us to compare samples to populations.
D) Descriptive statistics are used to characterize and estimate the true population parameter based on the dataset.
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