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a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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Statistics is the science and practice of developing knowledge through the use of empirical data expressed in quantitative form. It is based on statistical theory which is a branch of applied mathematics. Within statistical theory, randomness and uncertainty are modelled by probability theory. Because one aim of statistics is to produce the "best" information from available data, some authors consider statistics a branch of decision theory. ...
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the daily count of
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The systematic analysis of random phenomena. Primarily, it is the application of probability theory to specific data, but includes special techniques and principles not subsumed under probability. Statistics is concerned with collecting and processing data, summarizing information, estimating descriptive constants (parameters), discovering empirical laws, testing hypotheses, and designing experiments in such a way that valid inferences can be drawn from empirical evidence.
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Measurements of attributes of a sample from a population. See parameters.
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