If a researcher wants to make a judgment as to whether the data from her sample would be like data in the population,she would use:
A) correlation coefficients
B) measures of central tendency
C) inferential statistics
D) meta-analysis

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Inferential statistics are used to make judgments or inferences about a population based on a sample. This process involves using statistical tests to determine the probability that the differences (or similarities) observed in the sample are due to chance, or if they are statistically significant and likely to be representative of the population as a whole. Other options listed (correlation coefficients, measures of central tendency, and meta-analysis) may be useful for analyzing and summarizing data, but only inferential statistics are specifically designed to assess the representativeness of a sample.

If a Researcher Wants to Make a Judgment as to Whether