inferential testing

• descriptive statistics- measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion summarise and describe the raw data researchers have collected from their sample,
• inferential statistics- use the data collected from the sample to make inferences (assumptions) on the behaviour of the entire target population,
• statistical tests are the mathematical tools the researchers use to determine if the results are significant, then are a range of statistical tests, and different tests are appropriate depending on the research design used and the level of data collected.