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Uncover the art and science of statistics, a crucial tool for understanding the world and making informed decisions. Learn how to draw conclusions from data, collect, organize, analyze, and interpret information effectively. This comprehensive guide will help you think clearly with data and distill meaning from the numbers.
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What is Statistics? What some authors say
What is Statistics? • Statistics is a way of reasoning, along with a collection of tools and methods, designed to help us understand the real world and make decisions. (DVB) • Statistics is the science of drawing conclusions from data, motivated by real world questions. (AS) • Statistics is about how to think clearly with data. (DVB)
What is Statistics? • Statistics is the art and science of learning from data. • Statistics is the study of how to collect, organize, analyze and interpret information from data. • Statistics is the science dealing with the collection, presentation, description and interpretation of data.
What is Statistics? • Statistics is the art of distilling meaning from data. • Statistics is the class I have to pass to satisfy my core math requirement!