Leticia has collected data on the relationship between physical attractiveness and judgments of personality characteristics.In order to determine if the results obtained from the sample are representative of the population,Leticia will need to employ _____ statistics.
A) qualitative
B) descriptive
C) inferential
D) ordinal

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Inferential statistics is used to make inferences about a population based on a sample. In this case, Leticia has collected data from a sample regarding physical attractiveness and judgments of personality characteristics. In order to determine if these results are representative of the population, she would need to use inferential statistics to make predictions about the larger population based on the data from her sample. Qualitative and descriptive statistics would not be sufficient for this purpose, and ordinal statistics is primarily concerned with ranking and order rather than making predictions about a population.

Leticia Has Collected Data on the Relationship Between Physical Attractiveness