The term "statistics" refers to a collection of numerical data. They are often used to indicate frequency or commonality. One example of a statistic could be "75% of women in the West London area wear shoes".
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One limitation of statistics is that everyone doesnÕt understand them or how to use them. There is also a possibility for errors.
Will a sample descriptive statistics accurately estimate the underlying population's parameters?
Statistics in medicine provide people the information to fully understand the usage of a particular treatment or drug. It also helps in monitoring and improving certain fields in medicine.
Inferential statistics, is used to make claims about the populations that give rise to the data we collect. This requires that we go beyond the data available to us. Consequently, the claims we make about populations are always subject to error; hence the term "inferential statistics" and not deductive statistics.
So you can understand science. Almost every branch of science relies heavily on statistical analysis.