Statistics

1. Data analysis and description.

The collection of techniques to describe data and provide a means of making inferences about a total group, based on a sample of observations from that group.

2. Summary data.

Selected summary information about a sample or a population.

For example the mean, mode, median, standard deviation, inter quartile range and skewness.

Sometimes abbreviated to stats.

See also

• Data
• Data presentation
• Descriptive statistics
• Direction of Trade Statistics
• Eurostat
• Financial maths
• Index
• Inter quartile range
• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Sample
• Skewness
• Standard deviation
• Stats