A statistics professor asked students in a class their height.On the basis of this information, the professor states that the average height of all the students in the university is 67.3 inches.This is an example of:
A)a census
B)descriptive statistics
C)an experiment
D)statistical inference
E)none of the above

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The professor is using the sample data (heights of students in one class) to make a generalization about the entire population (all students in the university), which is an example of statistical inference.

A Statistics Professor Asked Students in a Class Their Height