When a psychologist wishes to generalize results to an entire population,he or she would use __________ statistics.
A) descriptive
B) inferential
C) holistic
D) correlational

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Inferential statistics are used to generalize results to a larger population. These statistics allow the psychologist to make conclusions about the entire population based on results from a smaller sample size. Descriptive statistics are used to summarize and describe data, but do not involve generalizing to a larger population. Holistic statistics and correlational statistics are not commonly used terms in psychology.

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