"Taking chance factors into account when you use samples to reach conclusions about populations" is a definition of
A) scales of measurement
B) rationalism
C) descriptive statistics
D) inferential statistics.

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Inferential statistics involves using data from a sample to make estimates or test hypotheses about a population, explicitly considering the uncertainty or chance variation in those estimates.

"Taking Chance Factors into Account When You Use Samples to Reach