The first day of class your statistics professor collects information about you,such as your age,your hometown,your commute time,and whether you are working a part-time job.Later for a class project you decide to use this data to find out information about your class.This is an example of using ________.
A)available data
B)anecdotal evidence
C)extrapolation
D)confounding

Question

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Using the information collected by the professor is an example of utilizing available data for a class project. Anecdotal evidence refers to using individual experiences or stories as evidence, extrapolation involves extending data beyond the range it was originally collected, and confounding refers to a situation where the effects of two variables cannot be distinguished from each other. None of these concepts accurately describe the situation presented in the question.

The First Day of Class Your Statistics Professor Collects Information