_____ are measures of central tendency, dispersion, ratios, and probability.
A) Inferential statistics
B) Nonnumerical statistics
C) Spreadsheet statistics
D) Descriptive statistics
E) Sample statistics

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Descriptive statistics are concerned with describing characteristics of a dataset, including measures of central tendency (e.g. mean, median, mode), dispersion (e.g. range, variance, standard deviation), ratios (e.g. correlation coefficients) and probability (e.g. frequency distributions). Inferential statistics, on the other hand, involve making inferences or predictions about a larger population based on a sample drawn from that population. Nonnumerical statistics and spreadsheet statistics are not recognized statistical terms. Sample statistics are a type of descriptive statistics that involve summary measures of a sample, but this term alone doesn't encompass all the measures listed in the question.

_____ Are Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Ratios, and Probability