Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (5th Edition)
Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134133539
Author: Michael Sullivan III
Publisher: PEARSON
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Solution: Statistics is that field of applied mathematics that deals with gathering, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting raw data. It helps one to draw inferences of a large volume of data using structured statistical techniques, and its application is used in a multitude of areas such as weather forecasts, demography, and research.

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Statistical measures such as mean, median, and mode help to determine how the data of the sample is spread out, the centermost value, and how many times an observation occurs. Hence, it helps one to make sense of the data.

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Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (5th Edition)

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