Question

Mr. Stephens and Ms. Richards conducted a survey of their English classes to find that students scored an average of 68% on the final for semester one. Which kind of statistic is offered?

Answer 1

The kind or type of statistic used here is descriptive statistic. This branch of statistic is meant to be the basic part of a research and deals with the bare collection and presentation of the data so collected. There is no analysis or interpretation of the data collected. It is left to the users of the data to draw their own inference. In this case, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Richards, presumably teachers, did a survey and found that the average marks score by the students was 68% in the final for Semester One. It is a good percentage? What is considered a high percentage? All these are not dealt with. Therefore, this is descriptive statistic.