1. For each of the following situations would inferential statistics be appropriate and why.

1. You only want to report the cases that you have collected data.

2. The data represent only reported census information (gender, ethnicity, highest degree earned, etc.).

3. Your collected data includes standardized test scores from an annual achievement test.

4. You select one and explain it yourself

2. Explain the difference between an independent and dependent variable and give an example of each.