A researcher studies the effects of a new therapy on a small group of depressed individuals in the hopes of generalizing these findings for use with all depressed people.This researcher is using __________ statistics.
A) descriptive
B) normative
C) inferential
D) random

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Inferential statistics are used to generalize findings from a small sample to a larger population. This is what the researcher in question is attempting to do. Descriptive statistics summarize and describe the data collected from a sample, normative statistics compare individuals to a standard or norm, and random statistics involve randomization and probability calculations.

A Researcher Studies the Effects of a New Therapy on a Small