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- Emerged from probability theory in the mid 17th century
- Those who work in this field are called statisticians
- Common use of statistical research is to investigate causality using an experiment
- Statistics is regarded as a distinct field of mathematics, not a subfield
- One of the first major contributors to statistics was Blaise Pascal
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Statistics is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, presentation and explanation of data.
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Glossary
- Estimate: An estimate of one value based on other known data values
- Experiment: The study of collected data
- Experimental unit: The unit of data that is sampled and studied
- Parameter: A constant value used to signify a characteristic of the population
- Population: The complete group of objects that data is drawn from
- Sample: A portion of the population that is used to estimate characteristics of the entire population
- Sampling distribution: The variance between data collected from a sample and the complete population
- Statistic: A specific piece of data from a sample or population
- Statistical inference: The conclusion made from analysis of collected data
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Notable Figures
- Thomas Bayes, developer of the Bayes' theorem
- Pafnuty Chebychev, Russian mathematician
- Pierre de Fermat, inventor of Fermat's last theorem
- Andrey Kolmogorov, mathematician, university professor
- Blaise Pascal, French philosopher, mathematician
- Karl Pearson, applied statistics to biology and medicine
- Charles Spearman, created Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
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Statistics Questions
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Lets create jobs today. Really. What can you do in your own community to actually create jobs? 12 AnswersHere's a shot, Everyone has there own community they live in. Mine is 60% retired. Do the elderly in your area need a delivery service? Organize local children... read more
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U.S. Child Custody Statistics? 1 AnswerAccording to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), nearly 75 percent of all child custody awards are made to the mother. Only about 10 percent of ch... read more
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Statistics Theories
- Wikipedia: Statistical Theory
- IOP: Statistical theories of atomic transport in crystalline solids
- Matthew R. Watkins: Statistical Theory of Numbers
- Vanderbilt Medical Center: From Batting Averages to the Bard, Statistical Theories Apply
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