(statistics) The process of reaching conclusions concerning a population upon the basis of random samplings.
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(statistics) The process of reaching conclusions concerning a population upon the basis of random samplings.
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Process of using observations of a sample to estimate the properties of the population. See also Inferential Statistics.
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Statistical inference or statistical induction comprises the use of statistics and random sampling to make inferences concerning some unknown aspect of a population. It is distinguished from descriptive statistics.
Two schools of statistical inference are frequency probability and Bayesian inference.
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Statistical inference is inference about a population from a random sample drawn from it or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time. It includes:
There are several distinct schools of thought about the justification of statistical inference. All are based on some idea of what real world phenomena can be reasonably modeled as probability.
The topics below are usually included in the area of statistical inference.
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