In October 2012, a poll (see www.

worldpublicopinion.org) in 21 countries that asked whether people favored Barack Obama or Mitt Romney in the U.S. Presidential election stated that Obama was clearly preferred. Of the sample from France, 72% preferred Obama, 2% preferred Romney, with the rest undecided or not responding. Multiple choice: The results for France are an example of (select one)

(a) descriptive statistics for a sample.

(b) inferential statistics about a population.

(c) a data file.

(d) a population.