If a polling organization claimed that the results of the survey indicate that 10% of adults in the country believe that the action is acceptable in certain situations, would you say this statement is descriptive or inferential? why?

inferential

Explanation:

             In statistics, Descriptive statements make use of the data to provide the descriptions of the population, with help of numerical calculations or tables or graphs.

             Whereas, Inferential statistics makes predictions and inferences about the  population that is based on the sample of data drawn from the population given in the question.

              In the given context, since the statement makes a prediction, it is a inferential statement.

Thus the answer is --

"Inferential"

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