In a sample of 1,600 registered voters, 912 or 57% approve of the way the President is doing his job. The 57% approval is an example of
A) a sample.
B) descriptive statistics.
C) statistical inference.
D) a population.

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The 57% approval is an example of descriptive statistics, which summarizes and describes the characteristics of the sample data. A sample is a subset of the population and 1,600 registered voters is the sample size. Statistical inference involves drawing conclusions about a population based on data from a sample, but no population is specified in this scenario.

In a Sample of 1,600 Registered Voters, 912 or 57