This chapter explains the main goal of statistics and why it sometimes has a bad name. It defines key terms such as population, sample, random experiments, and random variables, also providing an explanation of what descriptive and inferential statistics are. Finally, this chapter explores the differences between data analysis and statistics.

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Introduction to Statistics

  • Umberto Michelucci

摘要

This chapter explains the main goal of statistics and why it sometimes has a bad name. It defines key terms such as population, sample, random experiments, and random variables, also providing an explanation of what descriptive and inferential statistics are. Finally, this chapter explores the differences between data analysis and statistics.