Statistics

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Statistics
Science(11 C, 4 P)
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Caption: As more data points come in, the curve begins to resemble a normal distribution. A normal distribution is a very important statistical data distribution pattern occurring in many natural phenomena.
Concise: Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.
Higher page: Science




The Florida State University: Statistics is the mathematical science involved in the application of quantitative principles to the collection, analysis, and presentation of numerical data. The practice of statistics utilizes data from some population in order to describe it meaningfully, to draw conclusions from it, and make informed decisions. The population may be a community, an organization, a production line, a service counter, or a phenomenon such as the weather. Statisticians determine which quantitative model is correct for a given type of problem and they decide what kinds of data should be collected and examined.[1]
Wikipedia: Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data. In applying statistics to, e.g., a scientific, industrial, or societal problem, it is conventional to begin with a statistical population or a statistical model process to be studied. Populations can be diverse topics such as "all people living in a country" or "every atom composing a crystal". Statistics deals with all aspects of data including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments.[2]


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