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or social problem, it is conventional to begin with a statistical population or a statistical model to be studied. Populations can be diverse groups

statistic (singular) or sample statistic is any quantity computed from values in a sample which is considered for a statistical purpose. Statistical purposes

two approaches to statistical inference: model-based inference and design-based inference. Both approaches rely on some statistical model to represent

between sources. The statistical criteria for a standard metropolitan area were defined in 1949 and redefined as a metropolitan statistical area in 1983. Due

Statistical inference is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying probability distribution. Inferential statistical analysis

particular case. Statistical syllogisms may use qualifying words like "most", "frequently", "almost never", "rarely", etc., or may have a statistical generalization

A statistical hypothesis test is a method of statistical inference used to decide whether the data provide sufficient evidence to reject a particular hypothesis

future volatilities. Statistical finance is focused on three areas: Empirical studies focused on the discovery of interesting statistical features of financial

In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic

of statistical analysis is to produce information about some chosen population. In statistical inference, a subset of the population (a statistical sample)