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[stuh-tis-tiks] 1. (used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability, imposes order and regularity on aggregates of more or less disparate elements. 2. (used with a plural verb) the numerical facts or data themselves.
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Define descriptive statistics?
what example for decriptive statistic
What are statistics?
The word "Statistics" which comes from the Latin words status, meaning a political state, originally meant information useful to the state, for example, information about the sizes of population sand armed forces. But this word has now acquired different meanings.· In the first place, the word statistics refers to "numerical facts systematically arranged". In this sense, the word statistics is always used in plural. We have, for instance, statistics of prices, statistics of road accidents, statistics of crimes, statistics of births, statistics of educational institutions, etc. In all these examples, the word statistics denotes a set of numerical data in the respective fields. This is the meaning the man in the street gives to the word Statistics and most people usually use the word datainstead.· In the second place, the word statistics is defined as a discipline that includes procedures and techniques used to collect, process and analyze numerical data to make inferences and to research decisions in the face of uncertainty. It should of course be borne in mind that uncertainty does not imply ignorance but it refers to the incompleteness and the instability of data available. In this sense, the word statistics is used in the singular. As it embodies more of less all stages of the general process of learning, sometimes called scientific method, statistics is characterized as a science. Thus the word statistics used in the plural refers to a set of numerical information and in the singular, denotes the science of basing decision on numerical data. It should be noted that statistics as a subject is mathematical in character.· Thirdly, the word statistics are numerical quantities calculated from sample observations; a single quantity that has been so collected is called a statistic. The mean of a sample for instance is a statistic. The word statistics is plural when used in this sense.
Where did the word statistics came from?
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How many ways arrange the word statistics?
The letters of the word statistics can be permuted in 10!/(3!*3!*2!) = 3,628,800/72 = 50,400 ways.
How do you define the word compare in math?
i would define the word compare as a number, angle, shape, ect. that is different and try to see what comparisons they have.
Define descriptive statistics?
what example for decriptive statistic
Define the word question?
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Name and define the two areas of statistics?
Descriptive and Inferential:Descriptive statistics describe the data set.Inferential statistics use the data to draw conclusions about the population.
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Can you Define define?
the meaning of a word
A sentence with define in it?
I will define this word so that you will know what the word means.
What part of speech is the word statistics?
Statistics is a noun.
Define define without using the word define?
It explains the meaning of something. To define: To describe or outline the functional characteristics of a word or object.
Define the human poverty index?
The human poverty index is a collection of statistics set to measure the human condition. The different statistics are combined to make the index.
What is a sentence with the word define?
The invention of cartography helped define national borders.I want you to define the words on this board.
What does the word define mean?
Define means to tell the meaning of something.to state the meaning of a word
