A local cable TV system using a sample of 500 subscribers finds that 40% of these subscribers watch a premium channel at least once per day. This is an example of statistical inference as opposed to
descriptive statistics.

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This is an example of descriptive statistics because it describes data collected from a sample (the 40% of subscribers watching a premium channel) without making inferences about a larger population.

A Local Cable TV System Using a Sample of 500