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For example, suppose a class of 20 students own among them a total of 17 pets as shown in the following table. Which measure of central tendency should we use here? If our focus of interest were on the type of pet owned, we would use the mode as our average.
7 wrz 2023 · This chapter offers a comprehensive exploration of descriptive statistics, tracing its historical development from Condorcet’s “average” concept to Galton and Pearson’s contributions.
description • Double-check data acquisition • Data exploration • Data explanation
Descriptive Statistics summarizes or describes the important characteristics of a known set of population data Inferential Statistics uses sample data to make inferences about a population 2-1 Overview
Descriptive Statistics 17.871. Types of Variables Nominal (Qualitative) “categorical” ... [NB: compare to table] Example of Sophomore Test Scores
TERMINOLOGY: Statistics is the development and application of methods to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of observed information (data) from planned in-vestigations. SCOPE OF APPLICATION: Statistical thinking can be used in all disciplines!! Consider the following examples:
The mode is rarely an informative statistic about the central tendency of the data. It’s most useful in describing the “typical” observation of a categorical variable