Using the number of registered voters who turned out to vote for the primary in Victoria to predict the number of registered voters who will turn out to vote in Tasmania's primary is an example of descriptive statistics.

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This is an example of inferential statistics, not descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics involves summarizing and describing data that has already been collected, while inferential statistics involves making predictions or inferences about a larger population based on a sample.

Using the Number of Registered Voters Who Turned Out to Vote