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Ch 5·§5.1 What statistics is, really
5.1

5.1 What statistics is, really

Two kinds of statistics. Descriptive describes the data we have; inferential makes claims about a population from a sample. Naming the difference is the move that makes the rest of the chapter make sense.

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