Descriptive statistics include null hypothesis testing and parameter estimation.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: False.
Explanation: Descriptive statistics have two measures which are central tendency and measures of variability (spread).
In central tendency we have three measures the mean, the median, and the mode and In measures of variability are the range, the interquartile range (IQR), variance, and standard deviation.
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