What type of statistics is used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data?
A)inferential
B)descriptive
C)ordinal
D)nominal

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Descriptive statistics is used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data such as measures of central tendency, measures of variability, and frequency distributions. Inferential statistics, on the other hand, is used to make inferences about populations based on samples, while ordinal and nominal are types of data levels or scales.

What Type of Statistics Is Used to Organize and Describe