Question: Decide whether the statement is an application of descriptive statistics or inferential statistics. 1. The administration of ABC University is proposing a change in student

Decide whether the statement is an application of descriptive statistics or inferential statistics.

1. The administration of ABC University is proposing a change in student admission policy. A random sample of students was selected and each was asked if he/she favors or opposes the change. The result was used as basis for the administration admission policy decision.

2. The guidance counselor of the College of Arts and Sciences recorded the IQ scores of entering freshmen of the college and reported an average IQ of 105.

3. The temperature in degrees Celsius of a certain patient has steadily decreased after one, two, and three hours of administration of an antipyretic tablet. Hence, it is expected that the temperature will stabilize to the normal body temperature in the next few hours.

4. A newspaper article reports the average salaries of appointed heads of national government offices from data collected on all national government offices.

5. Sample data obtained from a nationwide poll was used to estimate the change of winning of a certain presidential candidate in the May 2016 elections.

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