Identify whether the statement describes inferential statistics or descriptive statistics.
-The average age of the students in a statistics class is 22 years.
A)descriptive statistics
B)inferential statistics

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This statement is describing a characteristic of a sample (the statistics class) and is not making any generalizations about a larger population. Therefore, it is an example of descriptive statistics. This statement is an example of descriptive statistics because it is only providing information about the average age of a specific group of students without making any inference or assumptions about a larger population.

Identify Whether the Statement Describes Inferential Statistics or Descriptive Statistics