Your business statistics class had a test last week. The average score for the class is an example of
A) secondary data
B) qualitative data
C) descriptive statistics
D) inferential statistics

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The average score for the class is a numerical summary of the data and falls under the category of descriptive statistics. Secondary data refers to data collected by someone else, qualitative data refers to non-numeric data such as opinions or feelings, and inferential statistics is used to make predictions or draw conclusions about a larger population based on a sample of data.

Your Business Statistics Class Had a Test Last Week