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A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SASⓇ Studio
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A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SASⓇ Studio

by Ron Cody
September 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
236 pages
5h 33m
English
SAS Institute
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Chapter 1: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Overview

Descriptive Statistics

Inferential Statistics

Summary of Statistical Terms

Overview

Many people have a misunderstanding of what statistics entails. The trouble stems from the fact that the word “statistics” has several different meanings. One meaning relates to numbers such as batting averages and political polls. When I tell people that I’m a statistician, they assume that I’m good with numbers. Actually, without a computer I would be lost.

The other meaning, the topic of this book, is to describe collections of numbers such as test scores and to describe properties of these numbers. This subset of statistics is known as descriptive statistics. Another subset of statistics, inferential ...

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