1. of 500 randomly selected people in new york city, 210 people had O+ blood.


a) "42 percent of the people in NYC have O+ blood" Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

b) "58 percent of the people in NYC do not have type O+ blood" Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

c) "42 percent of all people living in NY state have type O+ blood" Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

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the statement descriptive statistics

c) the statement inferential statistics

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a) The statement "42 percent of the people in NYC have O+ blood" is a descriptive statistics statement. It describes the proportion of people in NYC with O+ blood based on the given sample size of 500.

b) The statement "58 percent of the people in NYC do not have type O+ blood" is also a descriptive statistics statement. It describes the proportion of people in NYC without O+ blood based on the given sample size of 500.

c) The statement "42 percent of all people living in NY state have type O+ blood" is an inferential statistics statement. It tries to make an inference about the entire population of NY state based on the sample of 500 people from NYC.

a) The statement "42 percent of the people in NYC have O+ blood" is descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics involves summarizing and describing the characteristics of a sample or population without making inferences about the larger population. In this case, the statement is providing information about a specific group of 500 randomly selected people in NYC and their blood type.

b) The statement "58 percent of the people in NYC do not have type O+ blood" is also descriptive statistics. It is describing the proportion of people in NYC who do not have O+ blood based on the specific sample of 500 randomly selected people.

c) The statement "42 percent of all people living in NY state have type O+ blood" is inferential statistics. Inferential statistics involves making inferences about a larger population based on data from a sample. In this case, the statement is inferring the proportion of people with type O+ blood in the entire population of New York state based on the sample of 500 people in NYC.