Section 4
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
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Basic Descriptive Statistics
The goal of statistics is to summarize data in a manner that allows for easy descriptions or inferences to be made.
Basic Inferential Statistics
Statistical inference makes claims about a population of individuals or things, using data drawn from a smaller subset of the population known as a sample.
Accuracy vs. Precision
In order to be valid, data must be both accurate and precise.