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Descriptive statistics means :

  • A.The set of all elements for which measurement are possible
  • B.Statistics describing a single variable
  • C.Measurements used to summaries data sets
  • D.Two variables are described

Answer: C

Descriptive statistics are measurements used to summarise data sets.

They describe the main features of collected data: measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode), of dispersion (range, standard deviation) and frequency distributions, tables and charts. They summarise what the data show without drawing inferences about a larger population, which is the job of inferential statistics.

The set of all elements that could be measured is the definition of a population. Describing a single variable or two variables is univariate or bivariate analysis, which are particular uses of statistics, not the definition of descriptive statistics.

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