A new sales person is paid a commission on each sale. This person made $2,000 his first month on the job. From this he concludes that he will make $24,000 during his first year. This is an example of _______.
A) inferential statistics
B) nominal data
C) descriptive statistics
D) deferential statistics
E) nonparametric statistics

Question

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The salesperson is using inferential statistics by making a prediction about his annual earnings based on the data from his first month.

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