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1.1 Overview of Statistics
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| data | information gathered from observations, counts, measurements, or responses |
| statistics | the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions |
| population | the collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements or counts |
| sample | subset of a population |
| parameter | numerical description of a population characteristic |
| statistic | numerical description of a sample characteristic |
| descriptive statistics | branch of statistics that involves the organiztion, the summarization, and the display of data |
| inferential statistics | branch of statistics that involves using a sample to draw conclusions about a population |
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