A Market Researcher Is Interested in Determining the Average Income

A market researcher is interested in determining the average income for families in York Region,
Ontario. To accomplish this, he takes a random sample of 200 families from the region and uses the
Data gathered to estimate the average income for families of the entire region. This process is an
Example of _______.

A) descriptive statistics
B) inferential statistics
C) mutually exclusive statistics
D) qualitative
E) parametric methods