This Discussion will test students' ability to define and use the various vocabulary words associated with statistics. The results of continued statistical analyses guide our everyday lives. For ex, "Why do students choose to take online classes instead of classes in a traditional classroom?" or "What is the most watched television show at 8 p.m. by low-income families?" These types of problems allow companies and agencies to make good sound decisions based on mathematical models and scientific outcomes and not on intuition or feelings.

In your own words describe the difference between "descriptive statistics" and "inferential statistics." Do not just give definitions.

In your own words, define the four different sampling techniques.

Develop your own hypothesis about a situation of interest, for ex: "Middle income families containing four members spend 10% of their gross income on clothing per year."

Select one of the four sampling techniques and give a detailed design of how you would gather sampling data to answer your hypothesis.

Select a second sampling technique for the same hypothesis and give a second detailed design of how you would gather sampling data.