Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data.[1] Statisticians improve the quality of data with the design of experiments and survey sampling. Statistics also provides tools for prediction and forecasting using data and statistical models. Statistics is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines, including natural and Social Sciences, government, and business.
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General statistics.
That, very often, it depends who is paying for the statistics to be drawn up.
How about "statistician"? But I admit that the spelling is a challenge to get right !
The statistics methods are loosely categorised in two separate concepts. 1. descriptive Statistics 2. Inferencial Statistics Any treatment of data leading to collection presentation and summaries of numerical data is known as descriptive statistics. Making general statements from the study of particular cases, or nay treatment of data that leads to prediction or inference concerning a larger group of data, is known as inferential statistics.
IQ is normally distributed in the general population. Age is not.
what are the general field of statistics?
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General statistics.
That, very often, it depends who is paying for the statistics to be drawn up.
Statistics is included in the analyses. Examples may appear in a general discussion.
The general public, scientists, and statisticians. Of course there are many others too
How about "statistician"? But I admit that the spelling is a challenge to get right !
Statistics is the mathematical science involving the collection and analysis of data. The fields are actuarial science, astrostatistics, biostatistics, business analytics, epidemiology, and operation research; along with a few more.
Inferential statistics. This branch of statistics involves making inferences or predictions about a population based on data collected from a sample taken from that population.
Plotting data in a frequency distribution shows the general shape of the distribution and gives a general sense of how the numbers are bunched. Several statistics can be used to represent the "center" of the distribution. These statistics are commonly referred to as measures of central tendency.
See General Westmoreland's comments on that; statistics about the Vietnam War.