A local cable system using a sample of 1000 subscribers estimates that 50% of its subscribers watch premium channels at least five times per week. This is an example of inferential statistics, as opposed to descriptive statistics.

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Inferential statistics involves making predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample, which is what the cable system is doing by estimating the behavior of all subscribers from a sample of 1000.

A Local Cable System Using a Sample of 1000 Subscribers