The National Health Interview Survey is conducted annually by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By examining information gathered from a national sample of 600 respondents throughout the United States, it was able to announce that 11.3 percent of all Americans under age 65 lacked health insurance. To make this statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used
A) focus groups.
B) no constraints.
C) internal secondary data.
D) statistical inference.
E) interpolation.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used statistical inference to make a general statement about the entire population based on the sample data collected from 600 respondents.

The National Health Interview Survey Is Conducted Annually by the Centers