Discuss why researchers need to be familiar with both descriptive and inferential statistics.

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The Answer is Answers will vary but should contain the following ideas for full credit.
--Student needs to mention that each gives a different kind of information because each has differing goals (organization and summarization for descriptive and generalization for inferential).
--Techniques in each can be misused in different ways to make effects appear that really are not accurate or appropriate.
--Often both are used in conjunction by the researcher rather than being two types that are chosen between (e.g. ,using the means of the groups to help see the statistically significant group differences).

Discuss Why Researchers Need to Be Familiar with Both Descriptive