Inferential statistics are necessary in social research because
a. it may be impossible to find all members of a certain population.
b. social scientists don't have the time or money to test an entire population.
c. some of the population might not cooperate.
d. samples are sometimes accurate representations of the population but can't always be used to generalize.
ANSWER: b
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