In abaseball baseballleague,theworst-performingteams get the opportunity to select the bestpitcherscoming out of college during the draft. A journal collected data for all373pitchersdrafted in the past 40 years as part of a study. Several variables were measured for eachpitcher,includingweight,height,and production score(higherscores indicate more productivepitcher).The researchers discovered thatweight is only weakly related to performance. They concluded that "heavier heavierpitchersdo not appear to perform anybetter."

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Is the study an application of descriptive or inferentialstatistics? Explain. A. The study is an application of inferential statistics because it uses the sample of 373373 pitcherspitchers to draw a conclusion about drafting pitcherspitchers in general. B. The study is an application of descriptive statistics because it uses the sample of 373373 pitcherspitchers to draw a conclusion about drafting pitcherspitchers in general. C. The study is an application of inferential statistics because it measured different variables for each pitcherpitcher and presented the data in a convenient form. D. The study is an application of descriptive statistics because it measured different variables for each pitcherpitcher and presented the data in a convenient form.