A statistics instructor collects background information on the students.About 30% of the students have taken economics and about 40% have taken accounting.There are 23 male students and 27 female students in this class.This is an example of ___.
A)nonparametric statistics
B)nominal data
C)descriptive statistics
D)inferential statistics
E)census

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This is an example of descriptive statistics because it involves summarizing and describing the characteristics of a data set, such as the percentage of students who have taken economics or accounting and the number of male and female students.

A Statistics Instructor Collects Background Information on the Students