The National Health Interview Survey is conducted annually by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By examining information gathered from a national sample of 600 respondents throughout the United States, it was able to announce that 11.3 percent of all Americans adults under age 65 lacked health insurance. To make this statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used
A) focus groups.
B) causal research.
C) internal secondary data.
D) statistical inference.
E) interpolation.

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Statistical inference is used to make generalizations about a population based on a sample. In this case, the CDC used a sample of 600 respondents to infer the percentage of all American adults under age 65 who lack health insurance.

The National Health Interview Survey Is Conducted Annually by the Centers