Two thousand people are surveyed and asked to indicate on a scale of 1 to 5 their preference for a particular brand of liquid dishwashing detergent.The responses are summarized using a bar graph that displays the total counts of each response (1 to 5).This is an example of:
A) inferential statistics.
B) simple random sampling.
C) pictorial statistics.
D) descriptive statistics.

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This is an example of descriptive statistics because it summarizes and describes the data collected from the sample of 2000 people. There is no inference or generalization made about the population beyond the sample surveyed.

Two Thousand People Are Surveyed and Asked to Indicate on a Scale