This week, you learn about inferential statistics. An important thing to understand about inferential statistics is how it differs from descriptive statistics. When someone claims their data is statistically significant, it implies that they have used inferential statistics.

• Share something you recently heard about a quantity being statistically significant (e.g., a news report discussing a candidate's approval rating in an upcoming election or the spread of COVID-19 throughout the U.S.).
• In the context you heard it, what was the presenter trying to tell you?
• How did the presenter explain the quantity and outcome?
• Discuss how you know if the presenter was using inferential or descriptive statistics.
• Was their language of "statistical significance" appropriate for the type of statistics they were reporting? Explain your thinking.