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A survey on Internet usage was conducted among a group of 200 students in the school cafeteria. It was found that 100 students spend at least two hours online every day. Which of these is an example of descriptive statistics? (O a.) 50% of the students in a class spend at least two hours online each day. (O b.) 50% of the students in the school spend at least two hours online each day. © © c) 50% of the students in the cafeteria spend at least two hours online each day. @ (O d) 50% of the students surveyed spend at least two hours online each day. c.) Incorrect. Since we are using what was found in the survey to infer something about all students in the cafeteria, this is an inferential statistic. d.) Correct Recall that descriptive statistics simply notes what we find in some samples. Since we are simply noting how many people in the survey spend at least two hours on the Internet, this is a descriptive statistic about the survey.