Descriptive statistics cannot tell you…

a. the magnitude of association between two variables.
b. whether the data values are normally distributed.
c. whether the data are skewed to one end or the other of the data range.
d. how much the data differs from an expected value.


Answer: d. how much the data differs from an expected value.

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