In order to make decisions regarding the best reading program to use,Hope will be generalizing from the results of small samples of students.Hope is using __________
Statistics.
A) descriptive
B) ordinal
C) inferential
D) nominal

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Hope is using inferential statistics because she is making decisions about the entire population of students based on a small sample of students. Descriptive statistics would only describe the characteristics of the small sample, while inferential statistics would help generalize to the larger population. Ordinal and nominal statistics deal with categorizing data and do not apply in this context.

In Order to Make Decisions Regarding the Best Reading Program