Is the following study descriptive or inferential? in a statistical magazine, average professional athletes' salaries in three sports were compiled and compared for the years 1993 and 2003.

descriptive

Step-by-step explanation:

given that in a statistical magazine, average professional athletes' salaries in three sports were compiled and compared for the years 1993 and 2003.

Here actual scores were recorded for three athletes and comparison was made for the years from 1993 to 2003

We have to understand the main difference between descriptive and inferential statistics

Descriptive statistics deals with the recording compilation and analysis of data but no prediction is made

But inferential statistics is to predict of infer.

So here this study is descriptive

step-by-step explanation:

here's what happens:

1) the graph of f   = x^2 is shifted 2 units to the right.

2) the resulting graph is reflected in the x-axis, so that the parabola now opens down.

3) this final result is transformed up by 5 units.