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1. | 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. | 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. | 2. ''Summary data.'' | ||
Selected summary information about a sample or a population | 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 == | == See also == | ||
* [[Data]] | |||
* [[Data presentation]] | * [[Data presentation]] | ||
* [[Descriptive statistics]] | * [[Descriptive statistics]] | ||
* [[Direction of Trade Statistics]] | |||
* [[Eurostat]] | |||
* [[Financial maths]] | |||
* [[Index]] | * [[Index]] | ||
* [[Inter quartile range]] | * [[Inter quartile range]] | ||
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* [[Median]] | * [[Median]] | ||
* [[Mode]] | * [[Mode]] | ||
* [[Office for National Statistics]] (ONS) | |||
* [[Sample]] | * [[Sample]] | ||
* [[Skewness]] | * [[Skewness]] | ||
* [[Standard deviation]] | * [[Standard deviation]] | ||
* [[Stats]] | * [[Stats]] | ||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:30, 13 July 2022
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.
