The general process of organizing, summarizing, and presenting data in an informative way is called
A) Statistics.
B) Descriptive statistics.
C) Inferential statistics.
D) Levels of measurement.

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Descriptive statistics involves organizing, summarizing, and presenting data in an informative way. It includes measures such as central tendency (mean, median, mode), variability (range, standard deviation), and graphical representations (histograms, bar charts). Statistics as a whole includes both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, which involves making inferences and predictions about a larger population based on a sample of data. Levels of measurement refer to the different ways in which data can be categorized (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio).

The General Process of Organizing, Summarizing, and Presenting Data in an Informative