On the last three Friday evening, City hospital diagnosed a number of heroin overdoses. There were four on 1/14/20xx, two on 1/21/20xx, and six on 1/28/20xx.

Question

a) "City Hospital averaged four herion overdoses in their ER for the last three Firday evenings" Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

b) "City Hospital never has more than six herion overdoses on Friday evenings"
Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

c) "Friday nights are the busiest time for herion overdoses at City Hospital"
Is the statement descriptive statistics or inferential statistics?

Answer 1

a, b. No inferences being made.

c. There is no data for other nights, so this is an inference.